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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

Here is a miniature prob- lem by Capt. Campbell (1890). White to play atid mate in three moves. Despite the scant material, the solution is not at all obvious.

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.

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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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