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OMAHA WORLD-HERALD WORLD CUP TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2014 • 3C SCHEDULE GERMANY 2, 1, OT SWITZERLAND VS. ARGENTINA SECOND ROUND 11 a.m. • ESPN Results Monday France 2, 0 Germany 2, Algeria 1 Not pretty? Germans will take it Tuesday at Sao Paulo Swiss Argentina vs. Switzerland, 11 a.m. (ESPN) Tuesday at Salvador, Brazil ALEGRE, Brazil Germany’s Belgium vs. U.S., 3 p.m. (ESPN) (AP) — When it comes to the Mesut Ozil knockout stages of the World celebrates after mission: QUARTERFINALS Cup, wins are worth more than scoring his style. side’s second Friday at Rio de Janeiro goal in extra France vs. Germany, 11 a.m. (ESPN2) That was on full display Mon- shut down day when Germany labored to time during the Friday at Fortaleza, Brazil World Cup round a 2-1 extra-time win over an ag- Brazil vs. Colombia, 3 p.m. (ESPN) of 16 victory Saturday at Brasilia, Brazil gressive Algeria side to reach over Algeria. star Messi Argentina-Switzerland winner vs. Bel- the tournament’s quarterfinals Germany will gium-U.S. winner, 11 a.m. (ABC) for the ninth consecutive time. next face 1998 Saturday at Salvador, Brazil “You don’t have to play fan- winner France The Argentine striker has Netherlands vs. Costa Rica, 4 p.m. tastic every match,” Germany on Friday. (ESPN) coach Joachim Loew said. “You scored four goals in three have to win.” THE SEMIFINALS All three goals came in extra ASSOCIATED games at the World Cup PRESS July 8 and 9 time after Algeria dominated for long stretches during the SAO PAULO (AP) — Lionel THIRD PLACE opening 90 minutes. Germany Messi poses problems for every substitute Andre Schuerrle team, a fact Switzerland coach July 12 scored in the 92nd minute and Ottmar Hitzfeld prefers to think Mesut Ozil made it 2-0 in the of as an opportunity. CHAMPIONSHIP 120th before substitute Abdel- Messi has scored four of Ar- “Disgrace of Gijon” at the 1982 2 p.m. July 13 at Rio de Janeiro moumene Djabou pulled one With the temperature a chilly Schuerrle on for Mario Goetze gentina’s six goals, steering his back in injury time for Algeria. 57 degrees and a light rain World Cup, when Germany and in an attacking midfield and team to three group-stage wins. Three-time champion falling at times, the pace was Austria supposedly conspired came out better organized. But Hitzfeld, a two-time Cham- Germany will next face 1998 high at the Estadio Beira-Rio, to oust Algeria in the group In the 55th, Germany captain pions League winner as a coach, winner France on Friday at the but the goals didn’t come until stage, the northern African Philipp Lahm unleashed a hard struck a confident tone ahead of Switzerland’s second-round NOTES Maracana Stadium in Rio de the end. nation outmatched Germany’s shot that an outstretched Mbol- World Cup match Tuesday, Janeiro. “Yes, we had our problems, intensity for long stretches in hi did well to push wide with his particularly regarding the player “It was a victory of willpow- but at the end we were better an entertaining match. fi ngertips. Suarez admits to biting, many consider to be the best er,” Loew said. “We had major and had a lot of chances,” Loew Algeria was playing in the Still, Algeria continued to player in the world. problems in the fi rst half to said. “The important thing is to second round of the World Cup produce dangerous counterat- apologizes to Chiellini “I think any defense will face organize the way we played. We advance. ... Past champions also for the fi rst time and thought it tacks. In the 72nd, Germany problems when facing Messi, and RIO DE JANEIRO — After a few made simple mistakes, which did not play well every match. had taken the lead before a goal goalkeeper had problems are there to be solved,” days of reflection, Luis Suarez invited the opponents to start You cannot play fantastic every from Islam Slimani was waved to come out of his area to head he said. “I trust my people, I counterattacks.” match of the tournament.” off for offside in the 17th, one away the danger with Slimani acknowledged what millions saw trust my defense ... How to stop on TV — he did bite an opponent Germany fi nally took the lead Ozil thought he had put the of many opportunities for the chasing. result out of reach when he Algeria striker. In the 88th, Germany’s inabil- Messi? We will show you tomor- during a game at the World Cup. when Thomas Mueller provided row how we do it.” pounded in a rebound after “We fell just short,” said ity to fi nd the target turned In addition, he said he’s sorry a cross from the left fl ank that Under Hitzfeld, Switzerland a shot from Schuerrle was Mbolhi, who was voted man of theatrical for a moment when about it and promised it will never was slightly behind Schuerrle. lost only once in 18 matches over cleared off the line by defender the match. “That’s why we’re Mueller appeared to fall during happen again. The Germany forward dragged the two years leading up to the Ending a unified protest in his left leg and backheeled the Esseid Belkalem, but Djabou disappointed, because we think a free kick. World Cup and reached No. 6 in Uruguay by everyone from Suarez ball into the far corner, leaving volleyed in a minute later to more was possible tonight.” Then the goals came, the rain the FIFA rankings. That earned it to teammates, fans and even goalkeeper Rais Mbolhi with no make the last seconds count. At the start of the sec- intensified and Germany took top seeding in Group E. the country’s president that the chance. Perhaps inspired by the ond half, Germany put control. A win over Argentina would star striker had done nothing equal Switzerland’s greatest wrong, the Liverpool player on World Cup achievement, putting Monday offered an apology to Italy it in the quarterfinals for the fi rst defender Giorgio Chiellini. FRANCE 2, NIGERIA 0 since it hosted the tournament “I deeply regret what occurred,” in 1954. Suarez said in a statement posted Hitzfeld, a 65-year-old German on . “I apologize to Giorgio who says he will retire following Chiellini and the entire football Scrappy France trades beauty for victory the World Cup, told reporters family. ... I vow to the public that Monday: “I don’t think it is going there will never again be another to be my last match.” incident like (this).” BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — ute followed Nigeria’s best spell strike and was jeered by its scrappy fi rst half. “We, Swiss team, have become The Uruguay striker was banned After being touted as one of the of the match and came soon own fans and lambasted by Scoring such a crucial goal stronger over the last two years, for four months from all football World Cup’s entertainers, it was after France goalkeeper Hugo politicians in the fallout from an will boost his confidence head- and I’m quite interested and by FIFA for biting the shoulder of a gritty performance which got Lloris had made a crucial save embarrassing tournament. ing into the quarterfinals. looking forward to this sporting Chiellini during the team’s 1-0 France through to the quar- to deny . It’s a very different situation “We have four days left to highlight that we will see tomor- terfinals in a 2-0 victory over “We’re not the prettiest or now. win over Italy in its group-stage prepare for another battle,” row,” he said. Nigeria on Monday. the best, but we can do good “I’m proud of my players be- A team that earned a reputa- game in Brazil. The incident was Deschamps said. not spotted by the referee, and France’s forward line made things,” France coach Didier cause we’re coming back from tion for a boring brand of football headlines with eight goals in Deschamps said after the game. very far. I think we’ve given a Yobo, who announced his in- in the 2006 and 2010 World Cups the Uruguay victory sent it through ternational retirement after the to the second round while Italy its opening two group games “The deliverance came late. lot of pleasure back to our fans,” has reinvented itself under but displayed little fl air in a There was a lot of tension be- Deschamps said. “I think there game, turned the ball into his was eliminated. It is the third Hitzfeld. Its star player, Bayern hard-fought contest against the cause we were up against a very were 5,000 here and millions own net in stoppage time under time Suarez has been banned for Munich’s , has African champions. athletic side, and there were a back home who will feel proud.” pressure from France substitute earned the nickname “the Alpine biting an opponent after similar France needed a late header lot of challenges.” Pogba’s crucial goal came incidents at both Ajax in the Dutch . Messi.” from midfielder Paul Pogba and Nigeria, which had a goal after Nigeria goalkeeper The 22-year-old Shaqiri, born league and Liverpool in the English At the fi nal whistle, France’s an injury-time own goal from ruled out for offside in the 19th had just in Kosovo to Albanian parents, . relieved players danced in front defender to over- minute after Emmanuel Emeni- made a superb save to tip over of their fans as dreams of a re- scored a hat trick to put the Suarez had originally denied come a robust Nigeria. ke poked home ’s Karim Benzema’s header. But peat run to the fi nal — just like Swiss into knockout stages with a wrongdoing in a written response The reward is a quarterfinal cross, failed to capitalize on its he fl apped at the ball from the 3-0 win over Honduras. in 2006 — moved a step closer. to FIFA and had been staunchly against Germany on Friday at considerable possession time in ensuing corner, and Pogba “He is short, he is fast, he is defended by teammates and Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana stadi- the second half. pounced in the 79th minute for “We had the whole country mobile,” Swiss captain Gokhan Uruguayan officials. His apology um, following the Germans’ 2-1 Four years ago, France his fi rst World Cup goal. behind us,” Pogba said. “It’s one Inler said of Shaqiri. “The good could be taken into account by victory over Algeria. crashed out of the group stage, That atoned for placing a of the proudest moments of my thing for us is that he can’t be FIFA when it considers an appeal Pogba’s goal in the 79th min- shamed a nation by going on volley too close to Enyeama in a life.” fi gured out easily.” of the ban, which the Uruguayan Switzerland also beat Ecuador federation has said it will fi le. 2-1 in the group stage, but was routed by France in a 5-2 defeat. Belgium’s Steven Defour Against Argentina, the Swiss also expect an extra boost from will sit out against U.S. World Cup: Altidore available after two games out Brazilian fans in Sao Paulo, who RIO DE JANEIRO — Belgium will likely want to see their top Continued from Page 1 gium would put the U.S. in a “I’m not at all sure it’s his which was next to last in at- midfielder Steven Defour will be South American rival knocked Saturday quarterfinal against last World Cup,” Gulati said. tacks during the fi rst round. suspended for Tuesday’s second- There were two bits of news out of the competition. on the eve of the match. Jozy Argentina or Switzerland. With Belgium is quite familiar “It’s all about who wants it Inler said the fan support will round match against the United kickoff at 3 p.m., people are with Klinsmann: He scored in States at the World Cup after being Altidore has recovered suffi- more,” Beasley said. “You can’t be helpful, and vowed: “We are ciently from his left hamstring expected to leave work early, Germany’s 3-2 win over Bel- leave anything on the fi eld for ready to face a great team like sent off in his team’s fi nal group take extended lunch breaks gium at Chicago’s Soldier Field match with South Korea. strain to be available, although these type of games.” Argentina.” it appears he is unlikely to and sneak looks at online in the second round of the 1994 FIFA said Monday that Defour streams from their mobile World Cup. would have to serve the one-match start. The forward has not played since the Americans’ phones and office desktops. Klinsmann and Wilmots are suspension against the United “It means a lot to us, the en- friends, too. They had sched- States. He was also fi ned 7,500 June 16 opener when he was taken off on a stretcher during ergy that comes from the Unit- uled a training session between Swiss francs ($8,450). ed States,” said Klinsmann, the the teams June 12, but Wilmots Defour was sent off the in the the fi rst half. “Just having him with former German star striker called it off because he didn’t 45th minute when he planted his us tomorrow is huge,” U.S. who moved to California in want to get caught in Sao Pau- studs, leg outstretched, into the coach Jurgen Klinsmann said 1998. “You see where the game lo’s traffic jams. shin of South Korean Kim Shin- Monday, adding Altidore’s time is going in the United States. Last year, Belgium over- wook. on the fi eld depends on “how You can’t stop it anymore. It’s whelmed the U.S. 4-2 in an much work is in his legs.” breaking through.” exhibition at Cleveland. But Brazil downplays Klinsmann created a stir The 13th-ranked Americans friendlies are different. by saying he isn’t happy with are in the knockout rounds of The Americans know they injuries ahead of quarters consecutive World Cups for Please download the tryout form and bring it with youtosave FIFA’s choice of referee, have to boost their offense, time.The schedule and tryout registration mayalso be viewed at TERESOPOLIS, Brazil — Neymar Algeria’s Djamel Haimoudi. the fi rst time. Belgium, ranked will be fi t to play in the World Cup His nation was eliminated by 11th after missing the last two www.ubaselect.com quarterfinal against Colombia the U.S. in 2010, and Algeria World Cups, has won three In case of inclementweather,call the UBA hotline at (402) 978-

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