From: rgty_mrw@waikato.ac.nz (Mark Willcock)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Stuttgard in Euro trouble & England Squad
Date: 2 Oct 92 08:09:57 +1200
Organization: Admin Systems - Registry

   STUTTGART COULD BE DISQUALIFIED FROM EUROPEAN CUP 

STUTTGART, Germany, Oct 1,  - German soccer champions VfB Stuttgart face
disqualification from the European Cup after breaking the rule on foreign
players.
Club spokesman Dirk Lips said the club had admitted to Europe's governing body
UEFA that it had four non-German players on the pitch during the last seven
minutes of Wednesday's 4-1 first round, second leg defeat by English side Leeds.
Stuttgart, who won the first leg 3-0, went through on the away-goals rule.
Under UEFA rules only three foreign players are allowed on the pitch at one
time.
"It was a mistake and that is why we have gone to UEFA," Lips said. "It
happened in the last few hectic minutes...UEFA are expected to decided tomorrow
on the matter."  
Stuttgart brought on Yugoslav defender Jovica Simanic in the 83rd minute as
Leeds piled on the pressure in an effort to rescue the tie.
Already on the pitch were Icelandic midfielder Eyjolfur Sverrisson, Yugoslav
defender Slobodan Dubajic and Swiss striker Adrian Knup, who had come on just
three minutes earlier.
Confirming Stuttgart had violated its club competition rules, UEFA said the
issue had been referred immediately to its control and disciplinary committee
in view of the fact that the second round draw was being made on Friday.  
Lips said the club were hoping UEFA would decide against a disqualification and
opt for a third leg to be played.
"I have heard a UEFA official say today that under their rules the match could
be given to Leeds 3-0 and then another match would need to be played because
the two teams would then be level 3-3 after the two matches," he said.
"We hope we won't be disqualified. It is not a case where we did anything wrong
on purpose. In fact, we had another German defender on the bench," he said.
"It was a mistake in the heat of the moment...That is why we went to UEFA."  
Coach Christoph Daum could have sent on German defender Alexander Strehmel
instead of Simanic.
His mistake may prove costly. Club president Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder said
disqualification could mean the Germans losing millions of marks, especially if
they had reached the final stages of the competition.
"It is an obvious mistake by Christoph Daum and manager Dieter Hoeness," Mayer
Vorfelder said.
"If a mistake like that had happened in any other commerical organisation the
board would have to be fired straight away."
But the club said it was not planning any such action against Daum or Hoeness.  
Leeds managing director Bill Fotherby demanded that his club be reinstated in
the competition.
He said: "Rules are rules and we think Leeds should go into the next round."
Secretary Nigel Pleasants revealed that Leeds had instigated the inquiry.
"After hearing a rumour that Stuttgart fielded an ineligible player, we checked
out all their players' nationalities and sent a fax to UEFA asking for
clarification," he said.  

   GASCOIGNE WINS RECALL TO ENGLAND SQUAD

LONDON, Oct 1, Reuter - Paul Gascoigne, who made his Italian league debut for
Lazio last Sunday after missing over a year through injury, was called into
England's squad on Thursday for this month's World Cup qualifying match against
Norway.
But manager Graham Taylor warned that Gascoigne's inclusion in the starting
line-up for England's opening European group two clash at Wembley on October 14
was not a formality.
Crystal Palace winger John Salako has also been brought into the squad but
Taylor has axed central defender Mark Wright, the Liverpool captain.
Taylor, who will watch Gascoigne on Sunday if the player is confirmed in the
Lazio line-up against Parma, said: "It is wonderful to have Paul available
again and I have kept my promise to him.
"I told him that as soon as he started playing for his club he would be back in
the England squad, but people should not look at that and say he will be going
to play against Norway.
"I don't want to build up people's hopes or promote a game around one player.
All I will say is that if Gascoigne plays in Lazio's next two matches it will
be good news for England.
"But anyone with common sense will tell you that you need to play a lot of
games for international fitness."
Gascoigne, a richly-talented midfielder of flair and invention, was out of the
game for 16 months.
He underwent two operations after rupturing cruciate ligaments in his right
knee during Tottenham's 1991 F.A. Cup final victory over Nottingham Forest and
made his Lazio league debut, for 45 minutes, only four days ago.
He won the last of his 20 England caps in a friendly against Cameroon at
Wembley in February 1991.
Like Gascoigne, Salako has needed career-saving knee surgery, but both could
get their chance now for the first qualifier on the road to the 1994 World Cup
finals in the United States.
Taylor caused a big surprise by dropping Wright, who is omitted for the first
time since re-establishing himself when Bobby Robson introduced a sweeper
system against the Netherlands in the 1990 World Cup.
Squad:
Goalkeepers - Chris Woods, David Seaman.
Defenders - Lee Dixon, David Bardsley, Stuart Pearce, Tony Dorigo, Des Walker,
Tony Adams, Richard Jobson, Gary Pallister.
Midfielders - David Platt, Trevor Steven, David Batty, Carlton Palmer, Paul
Ince, Paul Gascoigne.
Strikers - Paul Merson, Andy Sinton, John Salako, Alan Shearer, Nigel Clough,
Ian Wright.
Stand-by players: Nigel Martyn, Paul Parker, Gary Parker, David White, Brian
Deane  

-- 
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Mark Willcock  M.Willcock@waikato.ac.nz|"As the wise old saying has it, you can
University of Waikato                  |take a horse to the water, but you can't
Hamilton, New Zealand.                 |make it play Santa Claus."
"Disclaimer ? What'd I say ?"          |                        - Bertie Wooster
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++