European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 8, 1990 the stars and St filpes a a Page 23world cup 90 by Tony Kornheiser the Washington Post for the past month in Honor of the world cup i be tried to get More into the hands Oft soccer spirit. I can now play a take me out to the Ball games on the piano using my feet. I could always walk and Chew gum at the same time my new trick is pm chewing with my toes. I confess in a not much of a soccer fan i have trouble with the sentence a they built an insurmountable 1-0  but every four years i pay attention to the world cup. Over time ave Learned the names of the commentary to go they trample Down the stands. 3 they spill into the streets and wantonly beat up people a they re a Hale Pale set the bail Gale of males. Not to worry. We be seen it All before at Metallica concerts. Trouble scoring goals for Argentina she a absolutely great in a Dick  As you know the world cup is coming to the United states in 19y4. We re an Odd Choice considering so few folks attend soccer games Here its kind of Tike holding the super bowl in Iraq. Stadium Sites Haven to been determined yet a a fkr a auxiliary Field which i normally gets about 642 for a dips Bays game looks Good to me a but the . Army corps of Engi has started digging a Moat around Idaho so x that a where the English team will be playing. Welcome to Viscount Rogers neighbourhood boys and girls. Can you spell Hooligan according to eyewitness accounts the hooligans use i this Standard three step method of slugger 1 they consume massive quantities of alcoholic beverages ascending speedily through All 10 stages of drunkenness to  2 All revved up with no place t i neers guess chips a i assume those Multi thousands of youth soc car league graduates who were going to guarantee the secure future of american soccer will be on hand to help. Lets see they were 7,8 and 9 years old when the Booklet hit 15 years ago so they must be in the Nail now. What do you mean there a no Nail now soccer Isnit the sport of the �?T90s? done to Tell me those kids drifted away from soccer. They re where at the of set James ill bet they re opening cans of Beer with their get does Phil Woosnam know about this what do. Of mean who a Phil Woosnam Call Clive Toye Iell Tell you who Phil Woosnam is. Of a Quick primer done to Call it a game its a �?omatch.�?�. Done to Call it a Field its a  once after playing on a particularly slanted Field and losing the embattled mayor of London said a Damn pitch set me up a done to Call it overtime its Quot extra  except with the English. For them its always Miller time you done to guard somebody you a a Mark him commonly with a laundry pen. You done to commit a penalty you get a booked. Jack lord was obviously a soccer Buff which explains Why he often said a Book him  referees give out a yellow card for a cautionary penalty. If you get two yellow cards in one game or commit a blatant foul you get a red card which Means immediate ejection from this game and suspension from the next game. If you get a Green card you can work at a 7-eleven. And a Gold card enables you to charge All purchases at Gordon Bradley a extra time lounge and soccer hut in Vienna. A. Does anybody Ever win 7-5? or do the scoreboards implode at any score Over 2-1?, they must have imported a special baseball scoreboard for Czechoslovakia a 51 Victory Over us in the first round. Hoo boy. Six goals in one game that a More than group f got in All of june. What do you have to do to be a scorekeeper in group of know How to count to i these sweepers do they do other Domestic chores nothing against Argentina and West Germany but in a sorry Cameroon Isnit in the final. They must have great fans Back Home at Cameroon indoor stadium. Kidding aside the chorus of penalty kicks after extra time a the pcs after the Etas we aficionados say a they irritate me. What kind of Way is that to Settle an important game with players taking dead aim from 12 Yards that a a gimmick. Its Reebok s pump. Its a slam Dunk contest. The rest of the world looks Down their noses at us Niles because americans done to worship at the altar of soccer but we done to cheapen our championships with artificial endings. We Don t decide the Aba going. On Field goal attempts. We done to decide the wond series with a Home run Derby nos. We non t decide me Aba of Orie on Orie to 21. We done to decide the super bowl be do a a a a y. The match until someone scores. That a Why you have extra the y ought to keep playing that s Why you Nave i _ on the Bench to replace the ones who get tired its a big country. You can find More players. It it takes All night and into the next Day Fine. At least the game will have the dignity of a real goal deciding it not something out of Baum amp Bailey. Game Rome apr yellow and red cards i have made coaches and players turn purple with anger. At 8 . Sunday they will deprive the world cup final of some of its stars. In the end fans around the world will i wonder what might have been had referees been More frugal with cards. For West Germany it also shows that keeping your Cool on the Field pays off. Argentina will have to do without four regulars a including its Best striker Claudio Caniggia a making the worm cup final against West Germany anything but a Battle on equal terms. A it is a concern a major concern a Argentina coach Carlos Bilardo said. But there is nothing for us to do about it but find substitutes and play our  in its first five games Argentina played Well Over a third of the time against teams with players sent off with red cards. It lost against Cameroon 1-0, even though the opposition had two men ejected a then needed a penalty kick shootout to beat Yugoslavia despite having a Man advantage for 90 minutes. So Bilardo has gotten something from the system that depleted his lineup for i the final. Fifa the world soccer federation issued orders to referees before the world Tup to Clamp Down on fouls with More yellow and red cards. The tournament was relatively free of vicious matches a perhaps m part because of the conservative tactics so popular with coaches but partly too because of the increased number of bookings. Even though the referees came under Narsh criticism for the yellow cards can go to and Gascoigne clearly committed unnecessary offences and have Only sides ves t0 ame for weakening their. Bilardo talked about his a a casualties i of War which created a a Black outlooks f Tor the final. J the most bitter complainer of All was a Maggia who earned his second yellow subsequent suspension be Ause of a deliberate hand Ball on a routine play. Notes a the referee used two weights and measures a he said complaining of perceived favouritism for Italy during the semifinal. Argentina won in a penalty kick shootout after playing to a 1-1 tie. A my team is in the final and in a out. That is hard to take a Caniggia said. A the final does not even interest  the suspensions came with the style of play. Cameroon played rugged often brutal defense which help edit into the quarterfinals. It had two red cards in the opener when defenders consistently fouled Caniggia and Diego Maradona. Amazingly it also won without some starters too beating Romania 2-1 to reach the second round after two red cards in the opener Cost Cameroon two players for the next game. A this is the world cup a said Cameroon coach Valery Nepomnyashchy arguing each team faced similar problems. A this is How it will be  Argentina certainly got caught in the same trap. Going into the semifinals 10 players had received one yellow card. Now four Are out of the final victimized As much by their spunk and Hustle As their mistakes. West Germany has played More regally and goes into the final without suspensions. It Only had to do without standout defender Andrea Brehme and striker Rudi Voeller for one game in earlier rounds. The germans relied on composure to Ward off sanctions. Captain Lothar Matthaeus played restrained soccer after the second round when he received his first yellow card. Thai restraint will be gone sunday without further suspension in the tournament to worry about. Fifa issued the stringent measures hoping they a be seen As a deterrent. West Germany got the message Argentina did not. Around the world cup # Beckenbauer said Friday he will not take a Job in the West German soccer federation after the final. Coach Carlos Bilardo talks to newsmen. Argentina must a find substitutes Beckenbauer said he would be involved in a new activity outside soccer but did not elaborate. Team sources indicated he May become a marketing consultant with a major West German Auto company. Some published reports speculated Beckenbauer could become the coach of the United states team for the 1994 world cup. A i retire from soccer. If in a bored with my new activity in the future i can return to the soccer world a Beckenbauer said. A at Rigoria Maradona was involved in a fracas outside the Argentine training Camp after his brother had been stopped by police for driving without a licence the Argentine ambassador confirmed Friday. Some reports alleged he threw a punch when angry words were exchanged just outside the Camp after his brother Raul returned with the police. Argentina s ambassador to Italy Carlos Ruc Knauff said a something happened but the italian Media exaggerated it since Maradona himself told me that he did not beat  no charges were brought after the incident. Bari Italy apr Salvatore Schillaci scored a penalty with six minutes remaining to lift Italy to a 2-1 win Over England saturday in the world cup third place playoff. Schillaci a goal was his sixth of the tournament and took him to the head of the tournament goal scorers list. The penalty was Given after defender Paul Parker fouled Schillaci in the penalty area. Italy had taken a 70th minute Lead through Roberto Baggio after a mistake by England goalkeeper Peter Shilton but England equalized 10 minutes later with a header from midfielder David Platt. Shilton was pushing the Ball along the ground with his hands when Baggio struck for the first goal dispossess no the goalie from behind. The striker eluded the lunging dive of Shilton and passed the Ball to co striker Schillaci on the Edge of the area. Schillaci got the Ball Back to Baggio in front of goal and he rammed it into the net. Shilton a Blunder was one of the worst of the tournament. The win gave Italy some compensation for its loss to Argentina in a semifinal penalty shootout. The italians went through the tournament without losing a match in regulation time. England suffered its first regulation time toss of the tournament. It also was beaten in a semifinal penalty shootout losing to West Germany. Defending Champion Argentina plays West Germany in the final in Rome on sunday. Italy had the majority of Possession in the first half but could not find a a Way past Shilton. Baggio caused a number of problems for the revamped England team which was without Cen Terback Terry Butcher and suspended midfielder Paul Gascoigne. Baggio unleashed a 24th minute shot from outside the area that Shilton saved competently. A minute later Carlo Ancelot to playing in his final International match sent a shot spinning just Over the crossbar