Vital Games For Three In World Cup

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31112, 15 July 1966, Page 15

Vital Games For Three In World Cup

GV.Z PA. Reuter—Copyright) LONDON. Three countries—Hungary, Chile and North Korea—have vital matches today which could decide their fate in the World Cup soccer championship.

night and France and Mexico, scored a goal apiece yesterday. Today, France will play! Uruguay, and the team to win will be heavily favoured to I gain one of the two places t the group will provide in the ’ I quarter finals. i Italy, twice holder of the' i!trophy, beat Chile with a! 1, ! goal in each half and produc-, a ed the form of a likely finalo!lst. | It was an entertaining and e sporting match in sharp coni' trast to the savage, brawling e “battle of Santiago” when the I- two teams met in the last 1 cup competition, in 1962. After the centre-forward, S. Mazzola had put Italy ahead 0 in the tenth minute, it did not r need to play at full pace. The e little Chilean forwards sele dom looked likely to break the solid defensive s system of the tall Italian „ backs. P. Barison got Italy’s second goal two minutes from the end. k FLUID MOVEMENTS ;- Argentina, the beaten finala ists in the inaugural world g cup competition in 1930, gain-

Hungary, outplayed 3-1 by Portugal yesterday, meets the holder and favourite, Brazil, at Everton. Another defeat will almost certainly end the Hungarians’ hopes. Chile and North Korea, both defeated in the first round, meet at Middlesbrough in a match neither can afford to lose. North Korea showed little polish against Russia on Tuesday. losing 0-3. while Chile made the highly-favoured Italian) team work hard for a 2-1 win yesterday. SPAIN'S CHANCES Spain, which lost. 1-2 to Argentina yesterday after levelling the scores in the second half, has a good chance to score its first win when it meets Switzerland, which was beaten, 5-0. by West Germany in the opening match at Sheffield. The biggest question mark hangs over group one. England and Uruguay fought a goal-less draw on the opening

> ed a well-deserved win over ■ Spain. Spain has been trying to ’ fashion a cohesive national i side from the tremendous tali ent at its disposal, but it ; could not match the Argen- > tinians. The South Americans did not play the defensive ■ game for which they are familed, but relied on fluid move- ■ ments. • I The inside-forward, Artim, [scored after 65 and 79 min--1 utes. Sandwiched between ■ these goals was one for Spain ; by J. Martinez. : At Wembley, Mexico, cheer- ; ed on by banner-waving supporters, many wearing som- . breros, shook France by takI ing the lead two minutes after ; the interval. : E. Borja scored the goal, ■ but 14 minutes later G. HausJser equalised for France. : It was a lacklustre first i half, but the game came ; alight after the interval. 1 GOALMOUTH THRILLS Portugal’s triumph over

Hungary in an exciting maten probably clinched second place for it in group three. It was a game of many goalmouth thrills for the 30,000 spectators. Both sides made defensive errors but they made for a wonderfully entertaining spectacle. For Portugal, there were flashes of inspired brilliance from Eusebio, “Player of the Year” in 1965 J. Augusto scored the quickest goal of the competition when he put Portugal ahead in the second minute. F. Bene, top marksman in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, hit a deserved equaliser for the Hungarians after 59 minutes, but Augusto restored Portugal's lead six minutes later and the giant centre-forward, J. Torres, tallest man in the competition, added the third in the final minute. Positions after the completion of one round are:

GROUP ONE P vv L D F A pts England .. 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Uruguay .. 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 France .. 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 Mexico .. 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 CROUP rwo p w L D F A pti W. Germ. .. 1 1 ft 0 5 ft 2 Argentine 1 1 ft ft 2 12 Spain .. 1 0 1 ft 1 ft 0 Switzerl’d. 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 GROUP THREE P W L D F A pts Brazil .. 1 1 0 ft 2 0 2 Portugal .. 1 1 0 ft 3 1 2 Hungary .. 1 n 1 ft 1 3 0 Bulgaria .. 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 GROUI FOUR P w L D F A pts ftussia 1 1 ft ft 3 ft 2 Italy .. 1 1 0 ft 2 ft 2 Chile .. 1 ft 1 ft 0 2 0 N. Korea .. 1 0 1 0 0 3 0