U.S.A. v Czechoslovakia Group A 10-06-1990

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00:00this historic moment for united states football will shortly be underway their first appearance
00:06in the finals of the world cup for 40 years since that famous one nil victory over england
00:11in brazil in 1950. what are two changes in the czech team that we hadn't expected
00:20but basically the team which has played throughout most of the qualifiers
00:25usa early in possession with cali jury the man who scored
00:29the goal that got them to these finals against trinidad and tobago
00:32in their last qualifying game he's number 20 on the right of midfield just taking the free kick
00:39wearing number two trichu who you've heard rodney marsh talking about plays for tampa bay rowdies
00:48cleared by straker for czechoslovakia here's cali jury again
00:55and trichu who played in all eight qualifying matches as did his
00:59center-back partner who just received the ball then captain mike windischmann
01:04that's a useful ball forward as well and a good early break here by harks
01:10decent tackle and the czechs got themselves out of trouble well with kossians interception
01:15kept in play by bielek on the left trichu's foul on scuravi
01:24so
01:28either ramos or cali jury will deliver the kick
01:33it's ramos not very good in fact and cleared with ease by hasek the czech captain but a
01:38reasonably confident start this by the united states as windischmann plays a good ball forward
01:42and no offside given well parks found himself in a good shooting position and the shot in the end
01:51was straight at stayscal but that was an interesting break trevor by the americans yes the
01:58first game of the competition is always the most difficult and uh i've been very impressed with the
02:03first couple of minutes by the americans obviously they are the underdogs but they've gone out there
02:07they've knocked it around the first few minutes they look quite relaxed they've taken the game
02:10to czechoslovakia this is bilek for the czechs the current football of the year in czechoslovakia
02:19and a useful looking ball up to scuravi and moffley check a good turn as well by
02:24kubic to keep possession for them chivanek plays it out to the right hasek the skipper
02:32delivered in to that near post good header clear by vermez in fact who got back
02:41hasek
02:42go
02:46it's a useful cross as well not the check went in for it with armstrong
02:50and the referee had already blown for a free kick to the americans out near the corner flag
02:56trevor i know you spent some time playing in the united states yourself at detroit express but
03:01i assume the standards of the actual domestic players has improved a lot since then yes i think
03:07that um it's good to see the american side here i feel that with the emergence of some of the
03:12african nations and some of the middle east countries there's certainly space in world
03:17football for the usa they are a very very large nation with plenty of youngsters playing
03:24kossian for czechoslovakia what a good ball that was
03:28not the check scuravi wanting it played early into the box but he took too long
03:33and in the end has run himself into trouble or has he no it's a stupid ball in towards bilek
03:38and miola just about got down to save it
03:45well just when it looked as though an awfully check had run himself into
03:48danger then he found bilek superbly and miola went down well
03:55ramos loves to run with the ball this little guy but ran with it perhaps rather unwisely then as
04:01rather unwisely then as kubic took it off him
04:07scuravi maradjic takes over and scuravi's in the clear
04:1820 minutes before halftime
04:20has given his team the lead here in florence against the united states and never will he
04:26find more space for the rest of his career than he did then maradjic's cross found him totally unmarked
04:36and that all stemmed from a little bit of naivety by the americans when ramos
04:40ran the ball over the goalkeeper and then he was able to get it back into the box
04:45and that all stemmed from a little bit of naivety by the americans when ramos
04:49ran the ball into trouble when america had a free kick inside the check half
04:53and they paid dearly for that trevor francis well it was certainly a well-worked goal but uh
05:00i just feel that the americans at the back you know the marking is not
05:03sufficiently good enough and we saw there that they were totally exposed
05:10having said that it was an excellent finish
05:14and the checks now flowing again
05:18chivanek scuravi bilek the shot could have deflected anywhere and it'll be an interesting
05:27test now of how good the united states are a goal down a side who by inclination are rather
05:33defensively minded indeed their coach bob gansler has been heavily criticized for his defensive
05:38approach well they've got to come forward now let's see what they're made of
05:49here's ramos
05:52forward for murray and murray is having a real battle here
05:57with cadillacs and indeed has conceded the free kick
06:02ramos again sometimes tends to want to do a little bit too much on the ball i think ramos
06:08that's a nice ball scuravi to nothley check scuravi peeling away on the far post as well
06:13once it played in lofty check setting you up for javanek in the end and they could have made more
06:19of that opening but with a quarter of an hour of the first half to go trevor you get the impression
06:27that the checks really are in control
06:39kubic oh yes good play by kubic and he finds javanek and there's plenty in the middle for him
06:47to aim at miola came and just about reached it varapchik sends it straight back in again
06:53cleared by stolmeyer murray beaten by cadillacs on it goes and scuravi's in there again
07:01windischman gets it clear and that looks like a penalty he's brought down hasik
07:06and it's a penalty to czechoslovakia
07:11the americans complaining but frankly i don't think they've got a case let's watch it again
07:15here they really have trouble all the way through here and as windischman went in he
07:21definitely took hasik by the legs and that for my money is as clear a penalty as you'll see trevor
07:28well little hasik has caused some problems all first half that's the fourth occasion now he's
07:32got himself into the penalty box could have scored earlier but he's certainly won the
07:36penalty on this occasion in my my opinion yes it was a penalty michael bielek the czechoslovak
07:44footballer of the year is the penalty expert and tony miola faces an enviable job here because
07:53bielek normally scores
07:55five minutes of the first half remaining and the american dream begins to crumble
08:19hit confidently into the left hand corner from the taker's point of view
08:25and although miola guessed the right way he never had a chance of reaching it
08:34so the americans find themselves two down at just about the worst moment
08:39in the dying stages of the first half and delight for the large following of
08:46czechoslovak supporters here in florence they've got the game virtually sewn up i would think now
08:52it's very difficult to see how the americans could get back into this it might be a question
08:55of how many the czechs score i think windishman who gave away the penalty takes the free kick
09:07murray's downward header and the czechs just look a little bit too accomplished at the back
09:12to really worry about what the americans can provide by way of a challenge
09:17at the heart of that incident which could well have knocked the stuffing out of them and armstrong
09:20has run himself into trouble here chivanek beaten by harks though
09:26trichu forward good ball vermez trichu again
09:34armstrong vermez
09:36trichu forward good ball vermez trichu again
09:43armstrong vermez free kick to america
09:53murray armstrong and that's it so we've reached half time with the scoreline back to florence i
10:01can confirm that neither side has made any substitutions during the half-time interval
10:07as the referee just checks with his linesman the united states in the white shirts and blue shorts
10:11two goals adrift here in florence start the second half attacking the goal to our left and i just
10:17wonder what bob gansler their coach has had to say to them during the half-time interval to try and
10:22lift their spirits they must have been very dejected conceding that second goal just five
10:26minutes before half time harks with the header but it's another throw to czechoslovakia
10:32so
10:34the czechs remember with a good record in the european competitions they won the european
10:39championship in 1976 although they failed to qualify for the last one in 1988 but they've
10:45always been rated as one of those difficult teams to play against just below the level of the very
10:50best teams in europe perhaps but the czechs and the romanians they're all very difficult opposition
10:59um ball over armstrong's head scuravi is there and finding moffley check a positive start to
11:07the second half here by czechoslovakia though no power at all in moffley check shot miola who we
11:12think may have actually been shown the yellow card for protesting against the referee's decision
11:17to award that penalty just before half time was to do that it does risk the possibility of going
11:28down to a very very heavy defeat because all the signs are there that the czechs are going to
11:32perhaps go ahead and score another yes they're definitely looking very menacing here scuravi
11:37in towards noffley check and nick deflected and miola just managed to keep it out of the net
11:43and hurt himself in the act of doing so scuravi hit the shot or was it across
11:51but uh whatever he intended he certainly nearly got a second goal out of it
11:56and tony miola did well then
12:01scuravi hitting it in i think it took the slightest deflection off the defender
12:05and miola cracked his shoulder into the foot of the post as he made the save
12:13the reaction from scuravi was of disappointment which made me think that perhaps he tried to
12:18score at the near post if he did it was an absolutely brilliant save from miola
12:22it was too because i thought at first he was trying to find not to check on the far post
12:27but anyway a corner is the outcome
12:31scuravi's in there he's got it has scored
12:37it's three nil to czechoslovakia
12:41only five minutes gone in the second half and the checks have wrapped up the points now no question
12:53hasek who has shown his aerial ability despite being just about the smallest player on the field
12:58right from the start of this match as scuravi made his run towards the near post
13:02it was hasek who met it first a lovely little header three nil
13:10as i was saying goal difference a crucial factor in this opening phase and that's why
13:15czechoslovakia won't sit back they'll want more goals as many as they can get
13:20and they've now got a free kick for a little incident i think off the ball there trevor
13:24which you saw more clearly than i well the linesman certainly spotted it and uh
13:30winalder it is and i think it's the red card
13:36well that is amazing winalder has been shown the red card for an incident off the ball which
13:43frankly only the linesman i think really saw clearly what took my attention alan was the
13:48czechoslovakian bench they were up off the off the seats complaining to the referee the linesman
13:54happened to see it i'm not sure exactly what happened whether it was a punch or an elbow
13:58off the ball something had taken place the referee had no hesitation given the red card
14:03well what a terrible moment for eric winalder then
14:06sent off the americans reduced to 10 men and three goals down
14:10what about that effort and miola did very well to keep it out from bilek
14:22especially with a forward right in front of his line of vision
14:27vermez windishman he's going to get in trouble again trying to
14:32play with the ball in his own half the very point that rodney marsh and ian st john were making
14:36bilek turned forward again hassex got himself into a good position here and turns it
14:41towards the figure of scuravi who tried the spectacular again when perhaps if he tried the
14:46simpler the ball might have ended up in the net but the czech supporters are enjoying this it
14:58wasn't quite as quick as that but the italian tape operator got a bit carried away with the drama
15:04if the ball has to be kicked out the ground it has to be kicked out the ground
15:08they're going to give more goes away by trying to play in their own penalty box which is absolutely
15:12ridiculous well anyway they've got a break on here for once caligiuri in position and
15:17caligiuri could score and he has scored and the man whose goal sent the united states
15:29into the world cup finals has scored their first goal here in italy 15 minutes into the second half
15:39and a very good break it was the checks simply got stranded they had so many men
15:44upfield looking to get on the scoring sheet themselves they left gaps caligiuri
15:49exploited them good goals rather excellent goal good individual goal i was talking about dribbling
15:56in the penalty box fine at that end but not at the other end alan so it's czechoslovakia three
16:03the united states won now and at least they proved wrong the cynics who felt they wouldn't
16:08even get a corner out here never mind a goal but it's visibly lifted their players now
16:14and harks was fouled then by cadlets and i think cadlets will be shown the yellow car for
16:18deliberately pulling back john harks one of the american players who it wouldn't be fair to name
16:23just taking your point about uh their players overindulging was telling me after training the
16:29other day that he felt that too many of their players thought they were better than they really are
16:36kubic
16:41hasek chivanek and now cadlets it's all being played in the american half now
16:48that's a good little ball as well for kubic kubic's done well here and still kubic
16:55oh just kept out by trichu or is it
17:00they rode their luck a little bit then the united states
17:05and miola and trichu between them did very well
17:08and it looked certain for a fourth czechoslovak goal
17:11but i must say again trevor one or two of the checks are really
17:15possibly uh doing a bit too much on the ball themselves yes it was a nice bit of individual
17:19skill by cubic they're fainting to cross and turning back inside uh the actual finish should
17:24have been better
17:28alboa who can launch a decent long throw sort of in training hurling them in
17:35hurling them in there's another good one and ramos
17:41he could have scored and that really would have put a different complexion on the game
17:47well the little uruguayan born midfield player could have made himself a real name then with
17:52that shot deflected away and he gets it back from the resulting corner and again
17:59was just not quite accurate enough trevor well when it comes to uh actual skill and technique
18:06there's uh no discussion the checks are way out in front but you have to hold your hands up to
18:10the americans they're down to 10 men and really the way that they've tried their effort and
18:14determination they deserve 10 out of 10 alan as the americans in fact make another substitution
18:24and on has come sullivan chris sullivan
18:29now czechoslovakia wait to take the corner and miola got himself in trouble
18:34and scuravi has scored another goal and it's 4-1 to czechoslovakia
18:44thomas scuravi gets his second goal of the game
18:48after 78 minutes and again the corner did all the damage and miola for once in trying
18:55to punch the ball away arguably didn't do the right thing and scuravi got him right ahead of him
19:054-1 to czechoslovakia and that brief flurry by the americans ended by this man
19:12with his second goal of the game
19:17trevor well once again the goalkeeper was at fault uh just hold on a moment as ramos brings
19:23the ball away and tried to put it back to balboa whoo the deflection nearly had the
19:27checks in trouble here's trichu
19:32cali jury
19:35and right into the arms of the goalkeeper space cow
19:41we've heard that the last few days the americans have been working very very hard on their
19:46scuravi has got clear of his marker again
19:50try to go around him in a rather orthodox fashion but vice is there and looking strong as you'd
19:55expect having just come on
19:58cadillacs the queuing up for crosses in the middle just underlining trevor's point
20:05cadillac swings it out towards kubic that's a good ball in as well and plenty in the middle
20:11looking for the cross once more but it was too deep vice cadillacs
20:20or hasek let it go to the far post and lojovi has turned and made space and in the end the shot
20:26from bilek was charged away
20:30and the americans just about survived an attempt for a fifth czechoslovak goal
20:37miola has had one or two problems today but he's also made some decent saves to be fair to him
20:50scuravi couldn't control it that time they must dread giving
20:53away corners the americans they've been in trouble from most of them
21:02here's vice
21:05good ball for hasek and trichu and miola got themselves in a terrible mess but miola
21:10got them out of it and then he's lost it again but uh it won't count because hasek has been
21:16penalized for kicking the ball out of the goalkeeper's hands
21:22you can see again what happened it was a confusing sort of incident
21:25trichu miola armstrong all going in the ball squirming loose foul by hasek vice
21:34no
21:39ramos down to cover but vice still turns it back in to chivanec
21:45laid on neatly for stracca and still problems here as bilek has the ball and he wants to score
21:51himself and hasek i think was brought down and indeed he has been and it's another penalty
22:00will scuravi take it is the big question
22:04bilek has already scored from the penalty spot and scuravi is in there now having a word with bilek
22:12no question again i think that that was a penalty
22:14and both times of course it was the little captain hasek who was brought down
22:22little has it's been so impressive today for me he's been the outstanding player on the field
22:26yes i'd agree with that miola faces a penalty for the second time of the match and it is bilek
22:31who's going to take it scuravi has been told in no uncertain terms he's had his bit of glory
22:38so this for five one
22:42but what a ridiculous penalty i don't think i've ever seen such a poor penalty at this level of
22:47the game i can't work out what he was trying to do trevor what do you make of that well
22:56my memory takes me back to many years ago in a european championship game when i can't remember
23:00the player but it was certainly a czechoslovakian player nahoda perhaps it was if i'm not sure if
23:06that was the name but um tried a similar thing and actually scored it in a european championship final
23:15yeah nahoda panenka it was one of those possibly panenka yeah but i mean that's crazy really
23:20because you know every goal could be vital they could live to regret that was he just trying to
23:24be clever trying to lob or chip the goalkeeper from the penalty spot i've never seen that before
23:30scuravi getting it forward to hasek again
23:36well it's certainly been an eventful match this one way on another
23:42so it remains at four one
23:46talking points galore here's vermez at the other end for the united states
23:50balboa
23:55cleared by would you believe scuravi back on the edge of his own penalty area
24:04well it's uh in many ways been the most interesting of the matches so far the standard of
24:10football hasn't been the highest but it certainly provided some strange moments this match as we're
24:17into injury time your final thoughts trevor on the game well full marks to the americans who have
24:23tried very very hard throughout the game but uh they've been totally outclassed
24:28czechs have scored four could have been a lot more
24:33and no doubt when they come up against austria and italy they will find life
24:37much harder thought just occurs to me if scuravi had been allowed to take that penalty then
24:43could he have tried a bicycle kick from the penalty spot is that a physical possibility
24:49armstrong for the united states parks couldn't keep it
24:56and sullivan couldn't just force the ball back to him here's windishman though
25:03nicely done turned in by sullivan again and it comes to vermez
25:09and still vermez
25:15and he's won the free kick
25:19so there could be one moment of drama yet in this match
25:24now had about a minute and a half of time added
25:31and vermez had his legs taken so can the americans get on the scoreline for a second time
25:39so scuravi got it clear parks playing it back in armstrong up there
25:47giovanna gets it clear there's an interesting break on now for czechoslovakia this is lohovi
25:53scuravi's racing in support of him and will want this one badly and gets it
25:59and for once he's passed the ball and it's forced in by lohovi
26:04and the czechs have finally got their fifth goal in the dying moments of the game
26:13lohovi the substitute makes it czechoslovakia five
26:18the united states won and scuravi for once didn't try the shot
26:25well they were just queuing up i want to get to score the goal there as the cross comes over i
26:29think there are four red shirts they're all ready to put the ball in the back of the net
26:35well the man making the captions for italian television has lost count this of course was the
26:39fifth goal and indeed the last goal of the game because as you're seeing this replay the final
26:44whistle has just sounded lohovi scored with virtually the last kick of the game to make it
26:50czechoslovakia five the united states won a very disappointing reintroduction to world cup final
26:57football for the united states and the czechs have set a goal scoring standard now for italy
27:02and austria in this group