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I l l y r i a Wednesday, May 27, 1992 BUILDINGBRIDGESBETWEEN
PEOPLETHROUGHART
SPORTS
IRISH HEADSBEAT ALBANIA 2-0
By Joseph Finora
In their second 1994 World Cup Qualifying Match, the Republic of Ireland team defeated Albania 2-0 in Dublin as predicted.
After playing the entire first half without a score, the Irish opened the second half with an aggressive and dominating offense. The Albanians, hard-pressed to defend against the marauding Irish, gave up their first goal at the 61-minute mark when forward John Aldridge shot a header into the corner on a cross pass from Roy Keane. It was a very well executed play that involved four players and precision passing while under heavy Albanian defensive pressure.
The Irish threats never diminished throughout the second half and 18 minutes later Paul McGraw aimed a header on an in-bound pass over goalie Avenir Dani’s head to make it 2-0.
The Albanians had a chance to avoid being shut out when they were awarded a free kick with four minutes remaining but the shot was too high.
Throughout the first half, both teams had several opportunities to score. Dani made several good saves and also received a yellow card for delay- ing the game.
ALBANIANYOUNGSTERSALSOLOSE
In the under-21 match Monday night in Dublin, the Irish defeated Albania 3-1.
The Albanians briefly led the game when Asitan Bahali scored in the 14th minute. Mark Kinsella came back to tie the score for the Irish with a goal in the 35th minute
In the second half the Irish took the lead 2-1 thanks to a goal by Leonard Curtis (61 min.). Lee Power scored in the 67th minute to make the score 3-1.
COUNTRY’S PROBLEMS PLAGUETEAM
Many of the problems facing the Albanian nation are reflected in their soccer team. Because of the country’s poor financial condition, the Football Association of Ireland was forced to post $45,000 for the Albanian team’s lodging and transportation.
The International Football Federation has promised to reimburse the Irish but if the money had not been posted neither Albanian team would have been able to make the match.
Also as a result of their limited finances, not all of the Albanian team players were able to make the trip and several who competed in Tuesday’s game also played the night before in the under-21 tournament.
Albania lost its first World Cup Qualifying Match April 22 against Spain, 3-0. They are now 0-2 in World Cup competition.
NEW YORK ALBANIANS ADVANCE
In local soccer action, the New York Albanians easily advanced to the next round in the Cosmopolitan Soccer League Tournament because their opponents, the Westchester United ‘red’ team did not appear at the field by game time.
The Albanians were awarded two points for the forfeit and will advance to the next round.
The May 31st schedule for the Cosmopolitan League will appear in this Saturday’s issue of Illyria.
Eric Mantho and Lynn Hausner with a sample of her art. They hope to visit Albania soon
By Isuf Hajrizi
OBRONX
ne does not need to speak an artist’s lan- guage to understand his art. Art speaks for itself through impressions and feelings that come from within.
Eric Mantho is a sec- ond-generation Albanian- American who is deter- mined to learn more about his ancestors. Even though he is not an artist, he has chosen art as his means.
“I am disappointed that we Albanians of the sec- ond generation have lost our ancestors’ language here in America,” says Mantho. Like many Albanians, his great grandparents came to America at the beginning of this century.
“I always had a special desire to do something that would keep me connected to the past, but I was not artistic. So when I met Lynn, I was able to satisfy some of my ideas through her drawing talent.”
Mantho was referring to Lynn Hausner, a young artist from Buffalo of Austrian descent, who through Mantho has developed a special feeling for Albanian culture and is determined to express that feeling through her drawings.
Mantho and Hausner plan to go to Albania so he can find his roots and learn the language and she can find inspiration for her art.
“I want to go to Albania and meet the people there and experience the culture at first hand,” says the green-eyed Housner. She has already began to learn Albanian through tapes, “to listen how words in Albanian are pronounced,” she says.
CROATIANSPHYSICAL- LY A BUSED
PRISHTINE
A delegation from Croatia headed by Neven Jurica, a member of the Executive Council of Croatia, was detained, for three hours and physi- cally abused by Serbian police, a report from Prishtine says.
The delegation was on its way to observe the elections when police stopped them and escorted them to the Prishtine police station. Later they were transported to Shkup, Macedonia.
“Before I go there, I would like to learn at least some Albanian so I can communicate with people and understand their feelings and their way of liv- ing.”
Hausner began her “Albanian mission” two years ago but admits she is not an expert yet on Albanian culture and still sees it as “noises in the
head that need to be crystalized.”
After long talks with Mantho and through correspon- dence with his rela- tives in Albania, she began her research on Albania but found it “difficult since there was not much literature in America about Albania.” She says that when people began sending post cards and pictures from Albania her
vision of the country became clearer.
“But there is so much more to learn,” she says.
“Albanian culture seems very rich, and from their colorful artistic paintings, you get the impression that the people are very strong and passionate,” she says, showing her drawings of Skenderbeg, the Albanian national hero, and a double-headed eagle.
Hausner will show her work at noon Sunday, May 31, at the St. George’s Albanian-Orthodox church in south Boston. She said she would like to donate part of her work to an Albanian humanitari - an organization to aid families in need.
Her technique of drawing is etching and aquatint on zinc plate. Those interested at her work may contact her at:
15 Hodge Avenue #4, Buffalo, N.Y. 14222.
SERBSCALL IT
‘A FARCE’
Despite their earlier intention of ignoring the elec- tions in Kosova, the Serbian press covered the event.
Jedinstvo, a Serbian daily published in Prishtine, called the elections “a farce” and said only a small number of Albanians voted.
Other Serbian newspapers like Politika, Novosti, and Ekspres Politika, printed inaccurate stories about the elections, electoral polls and number of voters.
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