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Page 18THE11ERALD Wednesday Soccer Scene Defensive tactics prevail at 1990 World Cup games No doubt about it the biggest moment in soccer for four years the World Cup is over A true World Cup the largest single event in the world And we have been to be able to watch all of the games live or ontape via Predictions are not my strong point as I have often said kept away from forecasting the winner until last week and got it wrong I gave the kiss of death to Italy Mind you I did forecast three of the last four England I did not foresee as being able to make the consola Hon or final games Perhaps I was not so far wrong as England finish ed fourth after losing to Italy the favourites West Germany are champions Argentina are runners up Justice is served as Argentina did not real ly deserve to be there at the kill Well prepared methodical in play adventurous when they had to be Germany had all that was re quired The attempts by FIFA to have the tourney described an advert for fair play were not achieved Players have been taught for so long the wrong way to tackle and the correct way to pull shirts tackle above the ball push trip and all the other illegal plays it was hard for them to play fair For example Cameroon were cynical in defense yet bright and clever on the ball Most teams had a outlook Defensive negative tactics prevailed and the socalled rabbits showed that they have learned well how to survive against higher rated countnes It would seem as though winning at all costs well almost all costs is themsot impor tant item on the agenda Does the end justify the means Is it better to have played well to the best of your ability and lose to a better team or to win no matter how you arrive at the winning post I like to win win well and have played well and certainly not by breaking the rules and regulations Each to their own The game will change again over the next four years as teams analyze their performances and amend as they see fit We are already preparing for 1994 and the USA The Ancient Manners did not lose this past week only because we did not have a game Crown Anchor take the lead the first division with a 1 win at over Meteor Meteor cause was not helped when the goalkeeper was thrown from the game for retaliation against a Crown challenge The Crown player was also ejected Meteor had not allowed a goal at this stage of the game and the loss was unfortunate The remaining division game ended m a 2 tie with Eagles and United in opposi tton Home teams fared well in second division clashes Stingers record ed a 33 tie against Milton defeated Ajax a rare win and Blazers took out 20 Georgetown ladies squads had mixed fortunes A loss to Milton and a loss to Brampton No 2 couples with CRSC United winning 20 over Ac ton were the local results Inconsistency of officiating is a real concern for soccer people as well as in other sports what do you think of ice hockey officials Kerry versus Don Kohar ski for example Compare any two baseball umpires with their differring strike zones The pro blem is the same What one of ficial is hot on another is not Some apply the rules with ad vantage in mind others do not And even attitudes and style may change in a game I have no idea how oneness can be achieved Unless we use programmed robots of course Players are inconsistent in the same manner I believe They are not all the same Some are skillful some are physical some are both Some are fast some are slow Some are tall some are small The problem with a single game result is that the official may be an unknown quantity and it takes a lit tie time into a game before the standard is known Where the refeiee is well known to the players it can be recognized before the game begins what is likely to be called and what is not It is another part of the game with which we have to live and accept The Mexican referee is the final participant in the World Cup who demonstrated the difference bet ween top players and officials Regretably he lost control disallowed one tripping inside the penalty area and allowed another Those actions gave West Germany the winning penalty kick score After alt the panalty shoot outs it is poetic justice to have the final game end with a penalty kick The closing minutes were a let down with the two ejections of Argentina players and the caution to Maradona This Wednesday Inter County games in town are United vs Villa Meadowglen and Blazers vs Milton at the Alcott arena at p and Manners Crown at Cedarvale p Malton dominated by Junior boys The Gordon Alcott Tennis Club Inter County matches had their ups and downs this week The or Boys did well against taking 9 points Rich Sowery took both his sets as did Paul and Daniel Estevan The team of Dustin Thompson and Phillip Williamson got a default Gord Buchin split his sets The Ladies A team took 1 point from Whiteoaks Winning in 3 sets were Audrey Houston and Debbie Koster On the losing end the teams were Chris Steen and Ann Graville and Kann Wilson Donna MacDonald and Joanne Van The Ladies team took 3 points from Bronte In 3 sets Mary Hughes and Barb Rieger had 767 Lois and Trudy Roy lost in 2 sets 57 Dynese Griffiths and Maureen Burgoyne won 62 63 Margot Prior and Norma Maynard won 3 sets 26 The B Mixed Central played Howard Park and lost John and Andy Humeri y had Kennedy and Al 5 Ed and Bill Kent Sandy and Gary Lewis Audrey and Murray Jans Barb and Debbie Koster 26 The B West Mixed played York Weston taking points Bernie Kent and Larry won 76 62 Mike Hurley and Ken Kavanagh won GEORGETOWN CUSTOM CAR SOUND THE CAR STEREO EXPERTS SAVE YOUR BODY NORTH END NISSAN Martin St MILTON Leaders in training This year crop of Junior Leaders posed for a pic in Park last week They will be placed in summer camps in Georgetown and Acton working with children aged as part of their training lo become leaders Standing from left are Andrea Cathy Vaters Trevor Metvedl Ralph and Greg Taylor Seated from left are Angela Lee Renee Melanie and Danell Ford 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