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SYDNEY, June 4, (Agencies): New- ly-married Mathew Leckie scored with the last kick of the game to give Australia a 1-0 win over Greece in Sydney on Saturday. The Socceroos dominated the friendly but could not convert that into goals before German-based sub- stitute Leckie scored only his third goal in his 30th international deep into stoppage time. Tim Cahill had a goal disallowed only minutes before when a corner was deemed to be crossed the line before the veteran Socceroo headed home and set off on a celebratory run, waving his shirt above his head. It was only what the Australians deserved hav- ing dominated possession and chances against a Greek team, which missed out qualifying for this month’s Euro 2016 in France.
“There is a lot of talk that I don’t score enough as a forward and I always try and keep it out of my mind and I would like to score more for the na- tional team,” said Leckie, who got married this week. “Lucky enough that I got one today and hopefully I can start a bit of mo- mentum with goals.” Greece, who play Australia again in Melbourne on Tuesday, have an injury worry with their first-choice goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis, who was taken to hospital for X-rays for pos- sible broken ribs after a first half col- lision that forced him from the field. Karnezis came off worse after a heavy collision with Australia captain Mile Jedinak going for a high corner midway through the opening half, and was subsequently replaced by Stefa- nos Kapino. ❑ ❑ ❑ Kosovo, accepted as FIFA mem- bers only three weeks ago, won their first fully-recognised international when they beat Faroe Islands 2-0 on Friday despite playing for nearly one hour with 10 men.
historic first international goal when he headed in from close range just before halftime at the Volksbank Sta- dium, home to third tier German club
finished off a counter-attack to score the second for Kosovo in stoppage time amid jubilant scenes. Bursant Celina, who plays for English Premier League Manches- ter City, had the dubious honour of receiving Kosovo’s first red card in the 35th minute for what appeared to be little more than a push on an op- ponent. The Faroes had Bogi Petersen dis- missed 10 minutes from time. “I expected a difficult game and it was even more difficult with 10 play- ers,” said Kosovo coach Albert Bun- jaki. “We have to work hard but I can say Kosovo has a good future in the football.” ❑ ❑ ❑ A Czech amateur regional league game on Friday ended up in one of the world’s longest-ever penalty shoot- outs with 52 spot-kicks, video footage of the game showed on Saturday. Playing in the fifth tier of the Czech league system, SK Batov 1930 beat
lowing a 3-3 draw after 90 minutes. The longest shootout in a profes- sional game registered in the Guin- ness World Records mentions 48 spot-kicks executed in the final of the 2005 Namibian Cup, in which KK
following a 2-2 draw. In the game pitting teams from two small towns in the southeastern Czech Republic, Frystak had three chances to win the shootout at 4-4, 11-11 and 14-14, but each time their players failed.
In the 26th round, Batov midfielder Petr Janovsky scored while Frystak midfielder Jan Hrebacka sent the ball over the crossbar, earning a re- lieved applause from 148 spectators, one of whom could be heard saying “at last!”. ❑ ❑ ❑
striker Jamie Vardy away from Pre- mier League champions Leicester
million ($29m, 25.5m euros), Brit- ain’s Guardian newspaper reported Friday.
Vardy scored 24 league goals as Leicester, 5,000/1 rank outsiders, were crowned champions of England last season, finishing 10 points in front of second-placed Arsenal, one of the Premier League’s established powers. His club form saw Vardy force his way into England’s squad for the up- coming European Championship. Signing Vardy, who is already 29, would mark a major change in Arsenal’s transfer policy under long- serving French manager Arsene Wenger. But the Guardian said “the striker’s availability for a relatively modest fee, and the alternative option that he provides in attack with his searing pace, has fuelled the manager’s inter- est”. However, it was only in Febru- ary that Vardy signed an improved three-and-a-half-year contract with Thai-owned Leicester. SPORTS 43
Racist daubed on Deschamps house Unlucky own goal helps Swiss scrape win over Moldova Germany see off Hungary as Schweinsteiger returns Ibrahimovic could use days off to sign for United STOCKHOLM, June 4, (Agencies): Sweden captain and record scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic may be allowed to leave the squad’s Euro 2016 training camp to sign for Manchester United, coach Erik Ham- ren said on Saturday. The 34-year-old, who is available on a free transfer after leaving Paris St Ger- main, has been strongly linked in media reports to a reunion with former coach Jose Mourinho, who was named manager of the English Premier League side last week. “We have days off. We plan our activi- ties and the players can act based on that,” a mildly irritated Hamren told reporters. “I’m not going to speculate about such things.”
Ibrahimovic sat out Tuesday’s drab goalless draw with Slovenia to rest a sore calf, but will start in Sweden’s final pre-Euro 2016 friendly against Wales in Stockholm on Sunday. The Swedes have named a strong start- ing team to face the Welsh and Hamren plans to use all six substitutions to get a good look at his fringe players. “My idea is that as many as possible would get game time,” he said. “That won’t be the case for the goal- keepers, but otherwise it is my hope that everyone will have some minutes in their legs before we go to France.” Sweden kick off their Group E cam- paign against Ireland in Paris on June 13 before facing Italy and Belgium. ❑ ❑ ❑ The word “racist” was daubed on the wall of a house owned by Didier De-
ager was accused by Karim Benzema of bowing to “pressure from a racist part of France”.
The Real Madrid striker made the accu- sation after being left out of Deschamps’ squad for the Euro- pean championships starting in France next Friday.
Police confirmed to AFP on Saturday that the Deschamps’ property in the Brit- tany town of Concarneau had been tagged with the word “racist”. It was quickly wiped off again. Deschamps’ lawyer Carlo Alberto Brusa later announced his client was su- ing for “trespassing and damage to private property”. Benzema was excluded from France’s squad after being charged with complicity in an attempt to blackmail France team- mate Mathieu Valbuena over a sextape. The 28-year-old was widely con- demned for suggesting it was his Algerian roots rather than the Valbuena scandal that had triggered his omission. France Prime Minister Manuel Valls was among those to take the Real Madrid star to task, saying he was “shocked” by the outburst. ❑ ❑ ❑ Belgium’s defensive woes ahead of Euro 2016 continued on Friday as coach Marc Wilmots announced that centre- back Thomas Vermaelen will miss Sunday’s friendly against Norway with a muscle strain. Wilmots said that the Barcelona player was forced to leave training on Friday in Genk early and becomes the latest de- fender on the sidelines for a team seen as one of the favourites to win the European Championship. Wilmots has already seen skipper
withdraw from his squad while fellow defenders Nicolas Lombaerts and De-
this week. Belgium will leave for their Euro base in Bordeaux next Tuesday with their first match against Italy in Lyon on June 13. Colombia shatter US dream in opener James, Zapata score
AC Milan’s Zapata and Real Ma- drid star Rodriguez struck in the first half before a sell-out 67,439 crowd at the Levi’s Stadium in northern Cali- fornia to puncture American hopes of emerging from a difficult Group A. US coach Jurgen Klinsmann’s side had hoped to score an upset victory to emulate the Americans’ famous defeat of Colom- bia at the 1994 World Cup in the United States.
But for long periods here Friday Klins- mann’s men were chasing shadows as the skilful 2014 World Cup quarter-finalists delivered a stinging reality check. Klinsmann sought to put a positive spin on the game, insisting his team had competed as equals. “For our players it’s really important that they can see we can beat them,” Klinsmann said. “The end result is 2-0. But the players will take a lot out of this game.” Klinsmann admitted the defeat left his team with little margin for error in their remaining group games against Costa Rica and Paraguay. “Obviously we have even more hunger in our second game now,” Klinsmann said. “We have our backs against the wall and we need three points against Costa Rica. But there’s a lot of positives.” A disastrous first half for the host na- tion saw Colombia take a vice-like grip on the contest. The Colombians took the lead after only eight minutes, when poor marking at a set-piece gifted a chance to the Italy- based Zapata. Stoke City defender Geoff Cameron was caught ball-watching as Edwin Car- dona’s corner was curled in, and Zapata SOCCER SOCCER
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Geoff Cameron #20 of United States collides with Carlos Bacca #7 of Colombia during the 2016 Copa America Centenario Group match between the United States and Colombia at Levi’s Stadium on June 3 in Santa Clara, California. (AFP) stole in front of his man to thunder home the finish. The USA struggled to build any sort of momentum after that, with Colombia flooding midfield and pressing the Ameri- cans relentlessly. Colombia dominated territory and pos- session and carved out the better chances with Sebastian Perez forcing a diving save from Aston Villa’s Brad Guzan in the 16th minute with a rasping drive. Monterrey’s Cardona proved to be a menace to the USA back four throughout, tormenting Cameron and DeAndre Yedlin in quick succession midway through the half before shooting on goal. The only USA chance of note was a 36th-minute run and shot from Clint Dempsey, whose curling effort whistled just past Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospi- na’s upright. But within minutes of that fleeting US opportunity, the hosts were dealt a killer blow when Yedlin was adjudged to have flicked a hand out to block Farid Diaz’s cross.
America’s players protested but Mexi- can referee Roberto Garcia was in no doubt and pointed to the spot. Rodriguez duly stepped up to stroke home the spot- kick and Colombia were in total control. Colombia threatened again early in the first half, with Cardona testing Guzan once more with a fierce shot on 50 min- utes. It started to look ominous for the hosts soon after, with Colombia passing the ball between themselves to draw cheers of “Ole” from their large contingent of noisy fans.
But home hopes were raised when Dempsey saw his header from a Michael Bradley corner cleared off the line by Perez.
Germany’s Benedikt Hoewedes (right), and Hungary’s Tamas Kadar challenge for the ball during the international friendly soccer match between Germany and Hungary in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on June 4. (AP) Kosovo win Aussies top Greece 2-1 GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany, June 4, (Agencies): Germany laboured to a 2-0 friendly win over Hungary on Saturday in their final Euro 2016 warm-up match as captain Bastian Schweinsteiger returned after three months out with injury. A first-half own-goal by Hungary de- fender Adam Lang and a second from Thomas Mueller in Gelsenkirchen gave the Germans a confidence boost before their opening match against Ukraine next Sunday in Group C of the European Championship. This was no more than a satisfactory performance from the world champions, who have a habit of raising their game for major tournaments, and this was the first time Germany had kept a clean sheet in the last year. The biggest boost for the Germans was the return of Manchester United midfield general Schweinsteiger, who came off the bench for the final 20 minutes to play his first football since tearing the medial liga- ment in his knee in March. After an experimental side, boast- ing four new caps, was humbled 3-1 by Slovakia in last Sunday’s friendly, Ger- many’s head coach Joachim Loew named a full-strength side, starting with seven of the team which finished the 2014 World Cup final. Having toyed with playing a three-man defence, Loew reverted to the 4-2-3-1 which won Germany the title in Brazil. He started with Cologne’s Jonas Hec- tor at right-back for the first-half, then Liverpool’s Emre Can for the second, in the only defensive position still to be de- cided before the Euro starts. World Cup winner Mario Goetze put in a lively performance for his 78 minutes, threatening as a striker, then dropping back when Mario Gomez came on for the second half and helped set up Mueller’s goal. Germany had the ball in the Hungary net after just 59 seconds. Goetze’s pass across the box was drilled home by Julian Draxler, but the goal was ruled offside although replays showed the Wolfsburg midfielder was onside when the final pass was made. Centre-back Antonio Rudiger then headed wide with ten minutes gone as the Germans hunted the opening goal in Gelsenkirchen. The hosts finally took the lead when the ball deflected off the shin of Lang, who was jostling with Goetze at the near post following a cross from Hector, and flew past Hungary’s 40-year-old goal- keeper Gabor Kiraly on 39 minutes. Mueller added Germany’s second on 63 minutes after Jerome Boateng floated in a superb cross. Gomez unleashed a powerful header which Kiraly could only parry, but Muel- ler was on hand to tap in his 32nd goal on his 71st international appearance. Lukas Podolski came on for Goetze for the final ten minutes to make his 128th appearance for Germany on his 31st birthday. Germany open their Euro 2016 cam- paign against Ukraine on June 12 in Lille while Hungary play Austria in their first Group F match two days later in Bor- deaux.
Swiss 2, Moldova 1 In Lugano, Switzerland, an unlucky own goal by Moldova goalkeeper Stan- islav Namasco gave Switzerland a helping hand as the Euro 2016 finalists scraped a 2-1 victory in a warm-up match. The hosts, who had lost their three previous friendlies, went ahead in the 12th minute when Blerim Dzemaili sent a looping header against the underside of the crossbar before the ball hit Namasco on the back and went into the net. Switzerland experimented with Steve von Bergen and Fabian Schaer at the cen- tre of the defence as coach Vladimir Pet- kovic continued his search for a reliable back line but they still looked vulnerable. The Swiss, who face Albania, Roma- nia and hosts France in Group A of this month’s European Championship, cre- ated a flurry of chances early in the sec- ond half and were repeatedly thwarted by Namasco. The home team were stunned when Radu Ginsari equalised for Moldova in the 69th minute with a viciously dipping shot from 25 metres that caught goal- keeper Roman Buerki off his guard. Forward Ahmed Mehmedi, who scored only two Bundesliga goals for Bayer Leverkusen this season, then spared Switzerland’s blushes when he fired the winner from close range six minutes later.
In Bucharest, Romania scored two early goals on their way to a leisurely 5-1 victory against a listless Georgia side at the National Arena in their final Euro 2016 warm-up. Anghel Iordanescu’s team, who play in the tournament’s opening game against hosts France next Friday, took the lead after 68 seconds when Adrian Popa pun- ished a defensive blunder by dribbling past Georgia keeper Roin Kvashvadze to score. The home side doubled their advantage two minutes later when Georgia captain Aleksandr Amisulashvili slid the ball into his own net from Romania captain Raz- van Rat’s left-wing cross. The last time the Romanians scored twice in the first three minutes was in a 4-2 win over China in a friendly in 1984. Romania, who have been struggling with injuries and players not featuring for their clubs, had conceded six goals in three friendlies in the last 10 days against two in Euro qualifying, and Iordanescu was determined to tighten the defence. On the back of a 4-3 loss to Ukraine he fielded Cosmin Moti in the centre of defence instead of Vlad Chiriches after the Napoli defender’s disappointing per- formance on Sunday and they were never under any serious or sustained pressure. Georgia, ranked 137th in the world, barely registered a shot on goal and al- lowed the home side to dictate the play, with the hosts hitting the post twice mid- way through the first half. Florin Andone got a chance up front, having missed Romania’s training camp in Italy and their last two friendlies against DR Congo and Ukraine due to club commitments with Spanish second- tier side Cordoba for whom he scored 21 goals last season. But it was Nicolae Stanciu who made it 3-0 after the break with his fourth goal in five internationals although Iordanescu would not have been pleased when Geor- gia substitute Levan Mcedlidze scored after 68 minutes following an error by Moti.
However, Romania’s Gabriel Torje restored the home side’s three-goal lead with an easy close-range finish in the 80th and fellow substitute Claudiu Kes- eru completed the rout with a deflected 25-metre shot four minutes from time. After kicking off their Euro 2016 campaign against France in Paris, Ro- mania will take on Switzerland five days later before meeting Albania in their final Group A game. SOCCER
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