European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 8, 1994 sports the stars Ano stripes Pago 37 Are by Randall Hackley the associated press. And then there was Brazil the last of the latin american teams left in the world cup. The remaining seven teams heading into this weekends quarterfinals Are european. Not Only is that unprecedented. For a continent hut world cup gives Europe a a a pretty decent Chance of winning the title in the first world cup staged in the United states. Still around Are defending Champion Germany three time Winner Italy Spain Sweden the Netherlands and the Balkan surprises Romania and Bulgaria. What happened latin America Carlos Bilardo the former Argentine coach who also coached Sevilla in the Spanish first division said teams across Europe Are using a style of play the latins have yet to figure out. A we arc and i mean All South americans we Are falling Way behind in the world of soccer a he said. A in tactics we re 10 years behind i. Said it Long ago and nobody wants to recognize it a a Brazil tries to keep the latin american chances alive against the dutch on saturday in Dallas. Italy plays Spain at Fox Boro mass., that Day while on sunday its Germany against Bulgaria at East Rutherford n.j., and Romania meeting Sweden at Stanford Calif. On wednesday the first of three sue Jessive off Days in the tournament Brazil lost defender Leonardo for four games a the rest of the world cup and beyond. Leonardo was suspended for throwing an Elbow into the face of Tab Ramos of the United states that slightly fractured Ramos Skull. A the Only thing i could think of when i Felt Down i thought i was going to die because i  feel my legs or my arms or anything a Ramos said a i jus wanted to keep my eyes open because i thought i had to fight it to come Back. I mean that show bad it  fifa suspended two players expelled from Secona round matches tuesday a Italy a Gianfranco Zola for two games and bulgarians Emil Kremenliev for one. Also suspended for one match in their next International tournament were Fernando Clavijo of the United states and Luis Garcia of Mexico for accumulated yellow cards. Both Mexico and the United states have been eliminated from the world cup. But seven of the 13 european teams have survived. Bold Type indicates teams advanced As of my s. To Quot a Jolt a group a a on Goff group c group f tiny not Romania rom Brazil Bra Switzerland Sui Sweden swe United states Usa Russia rus. Colombia col Cameroon car Germany Ger Argentina arg Spain esp Nigeria nor South Korea kor Bulgaria bul Bolivia Bol Greece Gre Mexico mex Netherlands Ned Ireland irl saudi Arabia ska Italy to Belgium Bel Norway nor Morocco mar venues Pasadena Stanford Pontiac Chicago Foxboro Dallas East Rutherford Orlando Washington 1 it quarterfinals july 9a % Italy be. Spain i2.-05p.rn. Netherlands w. Brash 3 35 . 1. / july 10 Sweden be. Romania 335p.m. A a 1 amp Bulgaria. Is Gurwit. 12 05 . Get. A it amp amp by 1. A. A a. I. .j.1�? Semi finals. July 13 Ned Bra Winner Al vie Flam Winner 7 35 . 1 a. 1  Ita esp Winner i be. Bulger Winner 405 . A ,. Third place july 16 semifinal Tosar 3 35 . A. A a a s. F. _ y a a it championship a i july 17 semifinal Winner 3 35pm. A a i a Noto uni Spanish to Rai italian to heading into the month Long tournament All the talk was about car horse colombians chances. Colombia had been sensational in qualifying and International matches leading up to the cup. One of its biggest boosters was no neophyte soccer legend Pele called them the Best in the 24-Tcam Field. A but Colombia failed quickly the first team eliminated after losing to Romania and the United states. Then Colombia was hit by tragedy when defender Andres Escobar was killed Back Home in Medellin shot apparently because he scored an own goal Hernan Lopez of the colombian football federation said his nation has a different makeup than Argentina or Mexico so it would be a mistake to draw Blanket conclusions about problems facing latin american  he thinks Argentina lacks up and coming players Colombia is brimming with Talent but needs More discipline. A a it a about behaviour a Lopez said. A a the Colombia players were convinced they would be champions but when they confronted reality they had a  the Bogota newspaper Al Timpo offered this analysis of the differing european and South american styles a a we be seen that South american football depends too much on one or two players while in Europe they play Offen Svety one Day and defensively the next with the same  Mexico led by flashy goalkeeper Jorge Campos lasted longer Jhan Colombia winning group e by Tny narrowest of margins Over a Tough Field of Italy a Ireland and Norway. But then the mexicans lost to Bulgaria on penalty kicks in the second round. Shootouts Are not a strength of teams from the Western hemisphere Bolivia upset Brazil 2-0 in a july 1993 qualification match nearly three Miles High in the Andes at la Paz so it had modest Hopes for a cup Success. Its Best scorer Marco Etcheverry came to the world cup injured and was ejected from the first game after he came on As a substitute. A Bolivia never recovered. Argentina the 1978 and �?T86 Winner certainly did no to expect aging Star Diego Maradona to get suspended for  cocktail of five banned stimulants. Argentina did show a promising striker in Gabriel Battistuta but needed far More to overcome the loss of its Leader who was playing Well and inspiring his teammates. Latin americans arc used to Success. Seven of the 14 world cups went to South american teams a Uruguay in 1930 and 1950 Argentina in 1978 and 86 and Brazil in 1958, 62 and �?T70, a the european invasion a read a headline in Bogota Sel a Spectator mourning the elimination of All the latin american teams except Brazil. The newspaper pointed out that not Only latin americans but africans and asians failed at the world cup. It said All the responsibility for Success now fell to Brazil. A one by one the flames of Hope for the third world teams have been extinguished a the newspaper said Letterman gets a bit of Lalas Goatee new York apr since David Letterman is a Cut up it was Only natural he would try to trim Alexi labs Goatee. That a exactly what the talk show Host did wednesday night on a late show a a can i trim that up for you just a Little just a Little just take a Little off a Letterman said near the end of his interview with Lalas who has a fiery red hair and Goatee. A even it off. That Sall we re going to  a Letterman trimmed about an Inch of the Goatee and then handed a Mirror to the 24 year old defender from Birmingham mich., who has Lalas attracted interest from european clubs. Lalas then kicked a soccer Ball into the Balcony of the de Sullivan theater causing uni vision announcer Andres Cantor a also a guest a to scream �?ogooooooaaaaaallll11�?� Letterman a shot bounced off the railing of the Balcony. Later wednesday goalkeeper Tony Meola appeared on a the tonight sh6w�?� with Jay Leno. Lalas talked about How he was just a fan at the world cup four years ago. A i was in Italy bumming around with High school friends drinking Beer chasing women a Lalas said. A you done to need a world cup for that a Letterman interjected. On tuesday night Letterman devoted his top 10 list to reasons for the americans 1-0 loss to Brazil in the second round 10 a got a hold of some bad world cup chowder. 9 a kept getting heckled by Spike Lee. 8 a brazilians released horrible stinging bugs from the rain Forest 7 a really sleepy from stuff in a Good Luck gift Basket sent by Dwight Gooden. 6 a remembered we re americans and that its of to suck at soccer if you re american. 5 a afraid if we beat Brazil brazilians would get depressed not work As hard and Coffee prices would go up. 4 a us players named Jim. Them players named Pablo. You figure it out Sherlock. 3 a who can think about a dumb game when Sirajul and Mujibur who own a store next door Are going coast to coast 2 a goalie distracted when he saw wife sitting with Bob Barker. 1 a everywhere we looked a brazilians