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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1961.
England must wake up
before Chile
AND GREAVES COULD BE THE SPARK THEY NEED
So England have now a place among the last 16 for the World It means that we will Cup finals in Chile next summer. then have the distinction of having played in the final stages of all the tournaments since the war.
Yet there is no cause for complacency. Although England beat Portu- gal 2-0 to qualify, that performance brought very few bouquets from The critics. The visitors were judged to be rather unlucky in hitting the goalposts three times.
vitably,
E1
bas promptler Dose bons regarding ander
betere
:
30 build-up,
Chile
Team changes? "Bring back Greaves," is the popular erşe and the recall of centre- forward Gerry Hitchens alse
Binda favour in certain quar- ters.
Caught napping
brought out Portugal game other important factors Shat might be considered before we start
assuming that a changed Leam would be better than the one
Wembley at England's two goals from two very direct approaches the which caught the Portugal de
fence fairly wide open
and
Possibly, the inclusion of one of these players or another would bring about an in- provement, but I think
WORLD SOCCER NEWS
By ARCHIE QUICK
came
before it had Ume to do its retreating defence act.
It
-
into
ON TH
BAB
with Stan Cullis
But while spectators usually grean when they an ap parently aimless pass go straight
see
w an opponent, it may have been a perfectly good ball fur the player prepared W run through on to it.
Ideal pair
Not by any stretch of the imagination can Jobany Haynes or Bryan Douglas be described as the direct, pene trating type of Inside-forward. may be that a player suen as Jimmy Greaves t the
answer.
It is usually
acknowledged tha
the ideal pair
of inside forwards is one of the ball playing type and the other
Typical ex- through rummer". amples are Jimmy Meliroy and Bobby Robson of Burnley and John White and Les Alien of Spurs.
Matthews' example
was also significant that the two Burnley forwards were concerned in both goals. ning on to through-balls the Portugal penalty area.
And the ideal combination al
I think
Molineux before the It is su
was Was accepted
Dorsett and Mcintosh. fact in football circles that the best way to overcome the
One of the best "through run- had for Continental system of retreat.
many years Was Dennis Wil- ing and forming a defensive
is to
He scored curiaia
many
goot bali haw He the
and for both Wolves, the
Eng- Lo
forwards
land, and set up an individual quickly before
scoring record
for Wembley barrier can be formed.
with four goals in England's 7-2 victory against Scotland in 1955
there are
pers" Wolves have registered
In West Germany. ROM ver 2.000.000 players and 14,670 clubs — as compared with 950,952 players, and 14.380 clubs in 1959-60, The sub-FA is in Bavarta. biggest
clubs
European Cup holders, and Ju- ventus, of Italy, by 5-6 and 5-2 respectively. during to
club's! recent 14 World four
bren
through
A defensive
Attack too slow
The total number of matches Many prominent players are against other countries at club leaning Portugal. Centre-for- level were 2.630, an increase of ward Jorge Humberto, of 351 in the previous year. The Academica Coimbra, has
came from thirty-two acquired by International-Miian
The more meticulous And other countries, with East Ger-1 and Peruvian outside left Jose steadied the approach work of many supplying 853 of them Smutnario of Sporting-Lisbon, the England team. the more Foreigners telalling 803 from
to Saragossa Inside ume Portugal had to prepare forty-four countries are register- forwards Faustino and Fernan-in defence. ed with the West German PA.
★
Line
do. both Brazilians, have been At the same time, it is no transferred to Sedan and use playing
quick through Palermo respectively.
balls to forwards who are not this type prepared to run of pass.
Ы
ол
1 Argentina no transfers wil be granted until next June to 144 players who have been Former Reel-Madrid and Nice selected to train as a World Cup coach Luis Carniglia, has jojoed The forward who wants to The Anal party will go Roma FC in that capacity at a have the ball played to his feet Squier
reputed fee of £18,000 for two poses to Chile to prepare four weeks
difficuk problem for beture, the series begins, and the your's. There are 57 foreigners the player behind him who may Seth Amèricans feel certain the now playing in the Italian Lea- wish to play the through-ball World Cup will not go to u gue and Roma holds the record He made to look silly if his European country They point with seven three Argentin-through-pass is merely River Plate PC's victories lans, two Uruguayians, 8 Bra- up by a defender
BeneBica, of Lisbon,
thellian and a Swede.
ONE
Four D. Jones YES, PERSONS THEY
BY MADDOCKS
FLYING MEN, YOU SAY? JUWAPING FROM THE TREES
LIKE BIRDS ?
WERE, ESCAPED BY
THE SKIN OF MY
TEETH, I DID
STRUTHÁ
posing side.
1.SIR, AM NOT AFEARED OF
DEMONS
LAM NOT AFRAID
WELL. AM, ALATE
picted
on the op-
PURELY
Apart from the inside for- wards, a fast direct type of winger is also an advantage in playing against retreating Continental sides.
They can contribute as much
as inside forwards in overcoming this defensive system.
←
Still time
2
Of course, people can point 19 Stanley Matthews as being anything but a fast direct wing- But Stan was law unto himself.
He could nearly always be relied on to beat two or three Continental defenders on bis own to lay goals on a plate for his forward colleagues.
BECAUSE I DO】
NOT BELIEVE
IN SUCH
THINGS
WELL, I TELL YOU MATE, THEY WERE HERE, I SAW 'EM,
There are still eight months before the World Cup finals in Chile---time for England to sort aut her problema.
Just as important as selecting the best men on form at 've time is the task of deciding which players will it into the best tactical system to be used against the opposition.
I do not know exactly what system of tactics is egreod upon by team manager Wailer Winterbottom and the England
one players. But
other poin! the onlooker has to bear in and is that the players aren't necessarily carrying out the when acties of the manager Eey are out on the field.
many cases it could be the opposite! For manager has Arbed as far as the lacties
concerned the moment his players step on to the field.
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By LEONARD BARDEN
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Solution No. 6131: 1 Q-KA!, QxQ (other moves are also hopeless); 2 B-BS matc.
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The two goals against Portugal at Wembley that sent England into the finals of the World Cup. The first goal (upper photo) was scored in the fifth minute and the sccond (lower photo) in the 10th-London Express, photos,
The philosophy of a giant-killer
By DENIS PITTS
Ipswich.
Sharp at 9 am last Monday week an elegant stern-faced man called Alf Ramsey climbed from his small brown saloon car at the Ipswich
He
Town football ground in Portman-road.
!
quickly called together Consider what this attitude, the team who the weekend be- has brought to Ramsey et fore hammered mighty Totten-
Ipswich.
ham Hotspur 3-2 in their first year of First Division football
In the took
he
slx years since over th:s small and And instead of beginning: struggling East Anglian club, by congratulating the
have 11 they
from risen.
the heroes, Ramsey began to lowest depths of the Third dissect the game. criticising, Division to fourth place in the
and First Division itself. probing weaknesses, pinpointing their take.
every mis-
Perfection
cultured voice.
Ipswich, in
fact, seem to be an extremely intelligent and well-balanced tean. I ILove a-feeling that Jimmy Greaves wouldn't last 10 minutes in this side.
Strength
Ipswich'e strength comes from players like 25-year-old
Crawford. Ray
bought three
And this season they have beaten nearly all the giants years ago from Portsmouth.
The only sad aspect of this they have taken on-including, i
unli now It has of course, Spurs.
team is that
Not by £ 100,000
buying time.
મા
had little support from the yeo- the Suffolk man townsfolk of by a county town.
players Bul
The
team Ipswich Town listened carefully and respect- Delly to the man with a quiet, concentrated team-work.
At the
talk Alf end of his Ramsey, who smiled sparingly. gave his men a massive grin.
"That was quite a match," he said. **You deserved win."
to
The philosophy of a glant- kitler, it seems, is to seek per- lection, find perfection, and then start polishing it up.
Aggressive
Ramsey told me: "My boys. have had many a label tagged on to them. Some people have called them rejects-because 1 have bought them from clubs where they were said to be unhappy.
"This isn't true. They are first-class footballers who have
"But if we
can keep the
ground hull every week. satisfac- will be very things lery Indeed," said Mr Ramsey.
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The philosophy of Ramsey. been welded into good ag meeting, Sports-road, 5.30 pm. Britain's most successful¦gressive fighting team. And this football manager, is to make is the sort of team which wins a plan and stick to ál
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