THE SIDELINES : Ruling on Brazil-Chile Match Slated
ZURICH, Switzerland — FIFA, the world soccer federation, said today that it will issue its ruling on the controversial Brazil-Chile World Cup qualifier Sunday.
FIFA’s organizing committee for the 1990 World Cup, chaired by Hermann Neuberger of West Germany, will meet Saturday at the federation’s Zurich headquarters and announce its decision at a news conference, a FIFA statement said. The organization said it will not comment on the game in the meantime.
With 22 minutes left in the game, a fireworks rocket thrown from the crowd of 160,000 landed near Chile goalkeeper Roberto Rojas. Players and team officials surrounded Rojas, and he was taken off the field covered with what appeared to be blood. Brazil officials said the injury was either faked or self-inflicted.
