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GROUP B: Italy vs. Austria

By HELENE ELLIOTT
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SITE: Saint-Denis

TIME: 7 a.m. TV: ESPN2 (highlights, Ch. 34, 9 a.m.).

* ABOUT ITALY: The Italians need only one point to assure themselves a place in the second round. Their last game was an impressive 3-0 victory over Cameroon.

* ABOUT AUSTRIA: The Austrians were held to a single goal in each of their previous games, both draws. They need a victory today to advance.

* OUTLOOK: Austria must take more chances offensively than in its previous games, which will create openings Italy will be quick to exploit.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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