From: sanchez@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (Barcelona '92 - La Gran Fiesta)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.spain
Subject: Espan~a vs. Polonia-resultado final.
Date: 14 Aug 92 02:24:26 EST
Followup-To: rec.sport.soccer

In article <1992Aug9.000546.6795@newshost.unh.edu>, marek@mermaid.msel.unh.edu (Marek Lugowski) writes:


De soc.culture.polish :


> I'd like to hear other impressions / eyewitness accounts / reports of
> this game.  I did not get to see it. :(
> 
> 				-- Marek
> 
> P.s.  Follow-up is set to rec.sport.soccer
> 
> In article <161b66INN8sl@agate.berkeley.edu> 160955r@garnet.berkeley.edu () writes:
>>Spain are the new olympic champions after a hard fought game 
>>against a very good Polish squad. Quico(2) and Abelardo gave
>>them a 3-2 dramatic victory, secured only in the very last mi-
>>nute of regulation play.
>>
>>SPAIN:
>>
>>		Toni
>>
>>Ferrer	Abelardo Lasa (min.52 Amavisca)
>>
>>Solazabal   Guardiola Berges L.Enrique
>>   
>>           Alfonso Quico
>>
>>POLAND:
>>
>>	       Klak
>>
>>Jalocha(min.55 Wierczynski) Ulfinsky Waldoch Kozminsky
>>
>>Staniek Gesior Brzeczek Kobylansky
>>
>>Kowalczyck Juskowiack
>>
>>Both spelling and player positioning are approximative.
>>
>>Spain started "en force" and Ferrer almost put one in on a
>>clean , and what later proved to be also rare break off the Polish
>>defense. Pushed by a chorus of 95,000 the Spaniards controlled the
>>ball for most of the first half, without creating any other clear
>>scoring opportunity besides  a header of Lopez that hit the post
>>in the 15 minute. Poland defended its goal with exquisite craftsman-
>>ship and counterattacked dangerously. Kowalczyck beat Toni in the
>>46th minute of the first half , after having previously waisted 
>>several counterattck-scoring opportunities. Co-authors of the
>>goal were Abelardo, who sent a very uninspired back pass to
>>Lopez, and Lopez himnself who had the ball wrestled away from
>>him by Kowalczyck. Toni had nothing else left to do but to chore-
>>ograph an attempted save in the general dierction of the shot.
>>
>> 
>>The second half of the game is dominated again by Spain, who never
>>realy panicked but instead revved it up mainly by pushing  their
>>lateral backs forward. Saddly enough, they tied the game after a
>>free kick entirely invented by the referee: Guardiola put it over the
>>Polish defense and Abelardo redeemed himself with a nice header,
>>greatly facillitated by Kozminsky's passivity.Only a few minutes later
>>on it's the Polish defense turn to excessively juggle the ball in
>>their penalty box, only to have it stolen and put in by Quico.
>>At this point Spain start playing as if they had won the game and
>>retreat in their own half; Poland, showing great willpower and 
>>acerbic comeptitive spirit takes control of the game and soon scores
>>a splendid goal. Brczececk floats a perfect pass over the Spanish
>>defensive line and Staniek accelerates at the right time to avoid
>>the offside call. He then calmly chests the ball down to the ground and
>>sends it past Toni"al segundo palo." The game is getting better and
>>better. Spain, with unbeknownst resources pushes forward again and again.
>>The referee does not see or does not want to see Lopez pulling Jus-
>>kowiack down in the penalty box (Juskowiack may not have had a real
>>shot at the ball though) and, at the same time correctly ignores 
>>all the spectacular dives Alfonso and Co. start taking in the vicini-
>>ty of the Polish penalty box.
>>
>>Spain scores in the very last minute of play on a corner kick. Abelardo
>>took a volley shot, the ball ricocheted to Quico who managed to squeeze
>>it into the Polish goal, guarded by several  immobile defenders. To me
>>it really looked as Poland were waiting for the overtime to make a move.
>>
>>Overall, a very exciting game (who said olympic soccer sucks?) deserved-
>>ly won by the host team. Congratulations should go to all players,
>>iand especially to Brzececk, Ulfinsky and Kowalczyck , and respectively
>>to Quico, Alfonso and Guardiola.
>>
>>Jim Donovan and Seamus Malin provided a catastrophe-free, although
>>arythmic play by play game commentary.
>>
>>Cheers!
>>
>>-- 
>>Radu T. Tomescu at UCBerkeley
>>Department of Economics
>>
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Rafael