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...single individual is to be blamed for Italy's second-round exit, it is Trap himself: in the second half he substituted two attacking players with defensive midfielders, signaling the Italians would sit back and allow the Koreans to attack. The hosts were happy to oblige. For the final third of regulation time, only one side showed genuine appetite for goals. That side won. Justice was done. It's up to you whether you want to eat your sour grapes, Giovanni, but don't pelt them at the referee...
...been both good and lucky in this Cup. With favorite Portugal, host South Korea and Poland in its group, an early exit seemed likely. Then a stunning 3-2 win over Portugal, and a gritty 1-1 draw against the surprising Koreans seemed like more than enough. Yet they were pummeled by Poland 1-3 in their last group game, and advanced only when Portugal crashed...
...most, the shock events of the World Cup defied explanation. "An incomprehensible fiasco," is how L'Humanit? described France's ignominious exit. Argentina's failure to qualify for the second round had former team coach Carlos Bilardo, now a television commentator, sputtering into his microphone: "The impossible just happened." But as fans and experts calm down over the next few days, they may find some solace, and more sense, in the old clich?...
...England face off in Sapporo on June 7. Hotels have established Brit-free zones to keep troublemakers away from everybody else. Merchants with shops near stadiums are boarding up their windows. Organizers will try to keep fans from different countries away from one another after games by posting exit signs leading in one direction in one language (say, English) and exit signs pointing the opposite way in another language (say, Spanish). Hooligans, they figure, aren't bilingual. The police are calling in reinforcements, including rugby players, to help control crowds. Britain is lending 20 hooligan spotters to scan the immigration...
...season was a wholly unpredictable affair for the Harvard men’s squash team, coupling the injury-induced early exit of co-captain Peter Karlen with breakout performances by freshman Mike Blumberg and sophomore James Bullock...