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SOVIET UNION'S
SOCCER APPEAL
MOSCOW, Monday
(AAP-Reuter). — The
Soviet Football Feder-
ation lodged a formal
demand yesterday for
the International Foot-
ball Federation (FIFA)
to permit the Soviet
Union to play its World
Cup qualifying match
against Chile in a third
country.
The demand appeared
in Soviet Sport and there
was also a protest against
the recent atmosphere of
violence in Chile since
military rulers took power
two months ago after the
overthrow of President Al-
lende.
The Soviet Union re-
fused to play Chile in San-
tiago last month because
it said that the Santiago
stadium had been used to
execute and torture civil-
ian patriots. As a result
FIFA told the USSR that
it excluded itself from the
World Cup.
The Soviet federation
said yesterday, however,
that its refusal to play in
Santiago was backed by
the majority of national
football federations
throughout the world and
FIFA should not ignore
this broad range of opin-
ion.
A final decision on the
Soviet Union's participa-
tion will not be taken un-
til next month and in its
statement yesterday the
Soviet federation said that
World Cup regulations
permitted the organisers to
adopt special decisions in
extraordinary circum-
stances.
BANKOK, Monday,
(AAP-Reuter). — South
Korea's 1973 World Cup
team went on a goal-
scoring spree yesterday to
beat Cambodia 5-0 in the
opening Group B match
of the sixth King's Cup
soccer tournament. The
Koreans led 3-0 at half
time.
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