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00:00The Romanians are going to kick off at number 14. Do keep an eye on him. This is Radu Coiu
00:0520 years old linked with several big clubs in Western Europe. Bologna the latest this morning to make an inquiry.
00:12I understand too that
00:14He's caught the notice of teams like Anderlecht and dare I say it Manchester United
00:20fittingly then Romania are in red and
00:22the Soviet Union in all white
00:26Number 20 there is Gorlukovich
00:30for Kuznetsov
00:33Seven Alenikov plays at the back of the midfield really the anchor man
00:40And it's interesting already that number two Besanov has got an advanced role in the Soviet formation certainly at the kickoff
00:46Anyway, he's well into midfield
00:49Dobrovolsky
00:52It's a good turn
00:55Litvchenko was hoping the cross would come to him, but it's
01:00There's next up instead in the end
01:05Gorlukovich, so he's gonna play it right back
01:10Protasov
01:13Number three for Romania is Klein didn't really get the ball away
01:17Fouls been given anyway as Zavarov has a shot
01:20You're looking at that the shot came from Zavarov who's wearing number nine both of them played for Juventus
01:35Oh and Protasov breaking through the center and here's a chance for the Soviet Union to make the save
01:41Protasov was the player who went through and he's injured
01:46Still in Dublin recently
01:50And he was practicing in the training yesterday
01:57But he's left that one and long was a bit slow going across his line
02:05Protasov actually had the shot any real chance of making and Lobanovsky the poker-faced coach there must have looked with some concern
02:16Rotario
02:20In school as a delight from the
02:23Romanian fans
02:25Fact has been left out ten minutes remaining in the first half in Bari
02:28It's the Soviet Union nil Romania nil in Group B of the World Cup
02:33Rotario
02:38Protasov Zavarov Protasov now, can he get it back in Zavarov continued his run?
02:47His second important side of the half
02:51And the Soviet Union really should have gone in front there
02:57Protasov put little Zavarov in and Silvio long who saved early on
03:04From Protasov again gets in the way. It was a clear scoring chance Bobby
03:11Well Zavarov got in a great position and did everything, right?
03:14Being a left-footed player. It was obvious that he was gonna hit it with his left when he sold the defender a beautiful doing
03:21Kuznetsov
03:25Go Lukovic
03:29Challenge was by Tim off day. He's giving the ball away again though go Lukovic
03:39It's been left for a Laney coffee Zavarov again, that's the Alenikoff
03:44Good
03:46Combination play by the two Juventus men there Alenikoff and Zavarov
03:52The former had the shot and long raised his arms to parry again
03:59He's a great little players
04:01Everyone seems to think he's the left-sided player
04:03But he used both feet there be two men and put his player in for a really good chance of that
04:08But one thing that might be the case is because the referees have kept play going all the time
04:13They've not had the usual risks that all these long injuries sometimes give them
04:18Obviously the later the game goes on the more the tired players will suffer and the more advantage the better players will be able to
04:24take
04:26Saval to Lakatouche great chance for Romania
04:31One nil Romania
04:34With four minutes left in the first half and the golden boy of Romanian football has scored
04:43Much for the delight of those traveling fans
04:46Marius Lakatouche in his 39th international cutting in from the right
04:51Fire that it's a near post goal and de Saeth may look at himself
04:55I don't know highly rated goalkeeper, but it's power. Isn't it? Really? He's already going the wrong way and
05:01Lakatouche
05:02Number seven has put the Romanians who began this match really as the outsiders
05:09into the lead here
05:11Just before halftime and the Soviets having brought three saves from the keeper at the other end now see their own veteran beaten inside
05:18He's near post
05:20They won't be happy about that
05:24The person who will be is
05:26Lakatouche this laid-back striker who himself is with story of Bucharest at present, but may not be for much longer
05:33He scores the opening goal here today
05:41And
05:43A word from Bobby about the goal in just a moment. We'll see if the Soviets can come straight back
05:50That's enough
06:00Well, this could be the group of surprises groupie Zabaroff though tries to find leach of Chenko
06:11He is now
06:17And long we'll take that perfectly cut a really good half probably had a difficult catch to make that his team took the lead
06:25We saw the two goalkeepers shaking hands before the match they are the captain's but they've got a
06:30Very different perspective on things as the referee blows for halftime
06:36Because it was at the science and that the goal went in
06:41and
06:42It's given Romania the edge in this groupie match
06:45At the end of the first 45 minutes the Soviets perhaps created more openings at the other end
06:51But weren't able to put the ball away and much of the delight of their traveling army of supporters
06:57the Romanians
06:59Went in front after 41 minutes through it's 1-0 the Soviets in possession. Here's John again
07:08Thanks Desmond and
07:11Today you've got some rain over there. We've got bright sunshine here. It's Besson off for the Soviet Union at the beginning of the second half
07:20And the information about the crowd I did say what they were expecting around 40,000 in this brand-new stadium today
07:26It's forty two thousand nine hundred and sixty official attendance. It's a very good response really
07:32and
07:35I've mentioned him to that Romania have never got beyond this first phase of the World Cup finals. It's their fifth appearance
07:42They made a good start here. Thanks to this man Lakatouche
07:48Oh, and he's tried again
07:52Way to distance more ambitious but not so far away
07:59They're waving from the bench to the players around the ball as if something might have been rehearsed here
08:05It's a good 25 yards. Lakatouche is standing next to the ball. Rotario is just behind him number five
08:11He's going to try and swerve one
08:13And this I have saw that one coming for sure
08:19Rotario curling it over the wall and the goalkeeper having to cover leading light normally. This is Kuznetsov
08:27Here's Litovchenko, but again, it was Rotario that broke up the attack and Raduchoiu who made the run
08:41Rotario has made huge ground and Popescu is up as well. Look at this the number six
08:46It was wide open in the middle
08:49and this tall
08:52Comfortable with the ball
08:54George Popescu
08:56Found a great position there and just swung his shot narrowly over the bar
09:13Kutasov's in the middle here for the, oh backflip didn't quite reach it and Bessonov
09:21That wasn't a good contact at all
09:25And there goes
09:27Lakatouche again and the play is sweeping from end to end. Handball, Khidija Chulin
09:31Questioned whether it was inside or not
09:33The referee was a long long way back and he's come running forward and he has given a penalty kick
09:38against Khidija Chulin for hands
09:41And the big number three that was outside in my opinion
09:45I think the referee is wrong and I'm surprised his linesman didn't correct him
09:50I don't think the linesman did anything at all
09:53And I think I may be corrected but I rather think the Soviets have been hard done by there
09:58Desaiev spoke to the referee, but he's got to be careful about not disagreeing for too long
10:02It's a penalty and Lakatouche takes them for Romania. I saw him score one in Brussels the other day
10:08Can he make it 2-0 here?
10:14It's 2-0 Romania
10:1754 minutes
10:19Marius Lakatouche from the spot
10:22But controversy Bobby Charlton about the award
10:26Yes
10:27Good penalty, but nevertheless a very fortunate one. I thought it was just outside the box
10:32But it was really the reward for some really good forward running by the the forward players
10:37Radachoiu and Lakatouche
10:39Because the Soviets had to go forward they were a goal behind and they've left spaces at the back and these two young players
10:45Number seven Lakatouche, number 14 Radachouiu
10:48Very very pacey and they've been supplied with really good balls and that's what caused
10:53Kitiatoulin to be able to have to give that as it turns out a penalty, which we thought was a free kick
10:58But nevertheless, it looks hard luck hard lines as far as Soviet Union are concerned
11:03I don't really think that with the way that the defenses are playing for Romania that they're going to get in trouble now
11:09They have a big hill to climb the Soviets
11:12Well, it's number 10 for Tasov trying to get round the defense here 2-0 to Romania
11:18This is a surprise score and Lobanovsky is going to have to do something with his substitutes now. He can't sit back
11:28Popescu, he's been the mastermind really of this Romanian performance the number six. This is Klein
11:37Klein shot and Desaia fumbles that as well
11:42Well, it's a bad day
11:44when your
11:45Captain and veteran goalkeeper starts to get the wobbles and though it was swerving a bit Desaia had the problems
11:51But I think more than anything what the Soviets are afraid of really is the pace of these people up front
11:56Now they have a really really good chance to get themselves into the World Cup with a real the real bang
12:04Here's Lakatouche again
12:06Desaia put a hand on it. It's a corner
12:10Lakatouche has gone for his hat-trick
12:15He may in fact delay that ambition while he takes the corner because I can see Andanay coming forward from the back
12:22but has
12:25Unfolded one or two revelations one of them being Popescu. This is Klein though
12:34Oh and Desaia forced to parry from Timofte
12:39And the breaking the break will be for Zavarov
12:43No support again good effort that by Timofte the 16 that brought a save out of Desaia here
12:50Going to his left
12:53Klein
12:57And Raduchow has made a run inside again and he's clear and he's got Lakatouche could this be a hat-trick
13:02Oh, he's missed perhaps the easiest chance of all
13:06Well, he could have written his name all the way
13:11Over the World Cup headlines this weekend if he put that in he may have done enough already or Lakatouche is
13:19Hoping to get a shot in
13:23And that is Lakatouche and Desaia down to save
13:27He would have appreciated if he could have done that with the first one just before halftime
13:31It might have been a different story then there are now ten minutes to go here
13:35And Romania lead by two goals to nil and show no signs of going back into their shell
13:41and it's
13:42Zavarov
13:44Just look how quickly the Soviets lose the ball how quickly more accurately Romania win it back
13:50Klein Lakatouche moving towards the far post now could volley this
13:54But even better Savao. Oh, what a goal it would have been
13:59and Savao knows
14:01But he only had to stay composed and it was 3-0 and what
14:05Icing that would have been on the cake for Romania Lakatouche's appreciation of where his colleague was there absolutely outstanding Bobby
14:12well, if Maradona or Pele had done the similar thing you would have been in ruptures outside the area and
14:19That kid you tune in this place the ball here long will have to be alert
14:25There's still time
14:28I
14:30May not be now because we're in the last minute Bobby
14:34Well, I'm sure the people at home will have enjoyed watching this but I'm sure that the people in Romania will have enjoyed watching it
14:40Just that little bit more
14:42Control the actual proceedings pretty well. I'll just be one moment that may need discussing
14:47which was the penalty award which I'll leave for others to determine but
14:52He has in fact blown his whistle and signaled a great victory in the annals of Romanian football
14:58They'll look back on this day with enormous pride and with pleasure in the performance, too
15:04They've defeated the Soviet Union 2-0 with goals
15:07By Marius Lakatouche after 40 minutes and then from a penalty up to 54
15:13And I would have to add that there could have been more goals Lakatouche missed the chance of a hat-trick
15:18Sabao was brilliantly placed from a pass by Lakatouche and shot over the bar and perhaps the most outstanding player of all
15:25If it wasn't Lakatouche, it was number six for Pescu. He too came close
15:30And the handshakes take place, but the heads of the Soviet players are down. They're a well-beaten side here
15:39The Romanians get a great ovation here in Bali and indeed they run towards their supporters
15:46Something that in the West they could never have done until very recently
15:49And as the Soviets walk off downcast little moment of history there
15:53because the Romanian players have actually got 2,000 fans to go and salute and that never used to happen outside their own country and
16:00Historic day indeed in Bari with a final score of Romania to the Soviet Union nil