Hurst Gets Winning Goal For England

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32314, 4 June 1970, Page 13

Hurst Gets Winning Goal For England

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GUADALAJARA.

G. Hurst, the three-goal hero of England’s World Cup final victory over West Germany in 1966, launched his team on a successful start to the defence of the Jules Rimet Trophy yesterday.

Hurst’s goal in the 64th minute gave the champion a 1-0 win against Rumania; and it was the first time England had won an opening World Cup Game since 1950.

further behind in the fiftieth minute.

its star player. A. Kvasnak, after he was involved in a near punch-up with the cen-tre-forward, J. Adamec, during a training session. In today’s other matches. Italy, rated by many experts as the most formidable of the European teams, will meet Morocco, the first African country to reach the finals I for 36 years, will face the . unenviable task of taking on , the powerful West Germans, | and El Salvador, another 500-1 outsider, will meet the underrated Belgians..

Then, they suddenly exploded into life to score three times in 22 minutes and snatch a thrilling and deserved victory.

The winning goal came after 73 minutes from T.l Cubillas, who tricked andi dummied his way through the' foundering Bulgarian defence, lashed the ball into the net, and then disappeared under! a heap Of joyously happy I Peruvian players. Gallardo (51 minutes), Chumpitaz (56) and Gubillas (73) scored for Peru; Dermendjieu (12) and Boneu (50) for Bulgaria.

Hurst’s match winner came just as England began to despair of breaking through Rumania's rugged rearguard. T. Wright, a second-half substitute for the injured K. Newton, started the move with a pass to A. Ball, who sent a perfect, 20-yard pass across the face of the Rumanian goal. Hurst rounded 1. Dimitru before sliding the ball past S. Adamache. Second-Half Recovery

Desperate Defence Uruguay, twice world champion, struggled to an unconvincing, 2-0, victory over New Zealand’s and Australia's World Cup conqueror, Israel. The burly South American forwards repeatedly were unable to break through the brick-wall defence of the Israelis, and when they did, they missed easy shots from inside the penalty area.

This was not a vintage England performance. It was only in the second half that its players began to move fluently, with R. Charlton, in his 103rd international; making some dazzling runs. The first half mostly belonged to Rumania, its striker, F. Dumitrache; and the wings, M. Lucescu and G. Tataru, causing trouble to a shaky defence, desperately marshalled by R. Moore. The closest anyone came to scoring in the first half was when F. Lee, often left in unhappy isolation, clipped the bar with a powerful shot on the turn.

In drizzling rain, the Israelis stole the glory in the first 45 minutes, but then the sun broke from a leaden sky, and under it a more aggressive Uruguay team dominated the second half. Monelro (22 minutes) and Mujica (51) scored for Uruguay.

In other matches yesterday, Uruguay beat Israel, 2-0, in group two, and Peru defeated Bulgaria, 3-2, in group four. Two Goals Down Peru staged a magnificent recovery after being two goals behind against Bulgaria, in a game that throbbed with excitment and good football. The Peruvians, who conceded the first goal of this World Cup championship, after 12 minutes, found themselves

Brazil’s Big Task Brazil, the 1958 and 1962 champion, .begins its challenge today against Czechoslovakia, rated the dangerous group three rival to both England and Brazil. Brazilian hopes suffered a set-back when the defender, M. Antonio, suffered a groin injury in training, and there are also doubts about the match-fitness of the ace strikers. Pele and Tostao. Czechoslovakia has omitted