SATURDAY,4B SPORTS JUNE 11, 2016 | WEST HAWAII TODAY SCOREBOARD SATURDAY’S TV SCHEDULE AUTO RACING 3 a.m. NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series, FireKeepers Casino 400, practice FS1 4 a.m. NASCAR, Xfinity Series, Menards 250, qualifying FS1 6 a.m. NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series, FireKeepers Casino 400, practice FS1 7 a.m. Formula One, Canadian Grand Prix, qualifying NBCSN 7:30 a.m. NASCAR, Xfinity Series, Menards 250 FS1 2:30 p.m. IndyCar Series, Firestone 600 NBCSN COLLEGE BASEBALL 6 a.m. NCAA Division I Super Regionals, UC Santa Barbara vs. Louisville ESPN2 6 a.m. NCAA Division I Super Regionals, Miami vs. Boston ESPNU 9 a.m. NCAA Division I Super Regionals, Oklahoma State vs. South Carolina ESPN2 9 a.m. NCAA Division I Super Regionals, Texas Tech vs. East Carolina ESPNU Noon NCAA Division I Super Regionals, Florida State vs. Florida ESPN2 Noon NCAA Division I Super Regionals Mississippi State vs. Arizona ESPNU 3 p.m. NCAA Division I Super Regionals, Texas A&M vs. Texas ESPN 3 p.m. NCAA Division I Super Regionals, Coastal Carolina vs. LSU ESPNU COLLEGE TRACK & FIELD 12:30 p.m. NCAA Outdoor Championships ESPN CYCLING 8 p.m. UCI World Tour, Dauphine Libere, stage 6* NBCSN DRAG RACING 7 p.m. NHRA, Toyota Summernationals, qualifying* NBCSN GOLF 12:01 a.m. European PGA Tour, Lyoness Open, third round TGC 7 a.m. PGA Tour, FedEx St. Jude Classic, third round TGC 8 a.m. LPGA Tour, KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, third round NBC 9 a.m. PGA Tour, FedEx St. Jude Classic, third round CBS 9 a.m. Champions Tour, Senior Players Championship, third round TGC 11 a.m. LPGA Tour, KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, third round TGC 1 p.m. Web.com Tour, Rust-Oleum Championship, third round* TGC HORSE RACING 9 a.m. Belmont Stakes Prep NBCSN 9 a.m. Trackside Live! FSNPT 11 a.m. Belmont Stakes (12:30 p.m. post time) NBC MLB 6 a.m. Philadelphia at Washington MLB 10 a.m. Chicago Cubs at Atlanta MLB 10 a.m. San Diego at Colorado FSSD 1 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco FOX 4 p.m. Cleveland at L.A. Angels FS1 SOCCER 2:30 a.m. UEFA, European Championship, Albania vs. Switzerland ESPN 5:30 a.m. UEFA, European Championship, Wales vs. Slovakia ESPN 8:30 a.m. UEFA, European Championship, England vs. Russia ESPN 1 p.m. Copa America Centenario, United States vs. Paraguay FS1 3 p.m. Copa America Centenario, Colombia vs. Costa Rica FS2 AUTO RACING 7 a.m. NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series, FireKeepers Casino 400 FS1 8 a.m. Formula One, Canadian Grand Prix NBC COLLEGE BASEBALL 6 a.m. NCAA Division I Super Regionals, UC Santa Barbara vs. Louisville ESPN2 6 a.m. NCAA Division I Super Regionals, Boston College vs. Miami, if nec. ESPNU 9 a.m. NCAA Division I Super Regionals, Oklahoma St. vs. South Carolina ESPN2 9 a.m. NCAA Division I Super Regionals, East Carolina vs. Texas Tech, if nec. ESPNU Noon NCAA Division I Super Regionals, Florida St. vs. Florida ESPN2 Noon NCAA Division I Super Regionals, Arizona vs. Mississippi St., if nec ESPNU 3 p.m. NCAA Division I, Super Regionals, TCU vs. Texas A&M, if nec ESPN2 3 p.m. NCAA Division I, Super Regionals, Coastal Carolina vs. LSU ESPNU CYCLING 7:30 p.m. UCI World Tour, Dauphine Libere, stage 7* NBCSN DRAG RACING 10:30 a.m. NHRA, Toyota Summernationals, finals* FS1 GOLF 7 a.m. PGA Tour, FedEx St. Jude Classic, final round TGC 9 a.m. PGA Tour, FedEx St. Jude Classic, final round CBS 9 a.m. Champions Tour, Senior Players Championship TGC 10:30 a.m. LPGA Tour, KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, final round NBC Noon LPGA Tour, KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, final round TGC 3:30 p.m. Web.com Tour, Rust-Oleum Championship, final round* TGC HORSE RACING 10 a.m. Trackside Live! FSNPT 2 p.m. Trackside Live! FSSD MLB 8 a.m. Detroit at N.Y. Yankees MLB 9:30 a.m. Cleveland at L.A. Angels FSNW 10 a.m. San Diego at Colorado FSSD 11 a.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh ESPN 2:30 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco ESPN NHL PLAYOFFS 2 p.m. Stanley Cup Final, Pittsburgh at San Jose NBC SOCCER 2:30 a.m. UEFA, European Championship, Turkey vs. Croatia ESPN 5:30 a.m. UEFA, European Championship, Poland vs. Northern Ireland ESPN 8:30 a.m. UEFA, European Championship, Germany vs. Ukraine ESPN 12:30 p.m. Copa America Centenario, Ecuador vs Haiti FS2 2:30 p.m. Copa America Centenario, group stage, Brazil vs. Peru FS1 WNBA BASKETBALL Noon Seattle at Indiana NBA WRESTLING 9 a.m. Freestyle World Cup, qualifying round, United States vs. Iran NBCSN 6 p.m. Freestyle World Cup, medal-round match* NBCSN BASKETBALL SUNDAY’S TV SCHEDULE NBA PLAYOFFS FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Golden State 3, Cleveland 1 Game 1: Golden State 104, Cleveland 89 Game 2: Golden State 110, Cleveland 77 Game 3: Cleveland 120, Golden State 90 Game 4: Golden State 108, Cleveland 97 Monday, June 13 Cleveland at Golden State, 3 p.m. x-Thursday, June 16 Golden State at Cleveland, 3 p.m. x-Sunday, June 19 Cleveland at Golden State, 2 p.m. GOLF PGA TOUR St. Jude Classic Friday At TPC Southwind Memphis, Tenn. Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 7,224; Par: 70 Second Round a-amateur Daniel Berger 67-64--131 -9 Tom Hoge 65-69--134 -6 Brooks Koepka 70-65--135 -5 Dustin Johnson 66-69--135 -5 Phil Mickelson 70-65--135 -5 Brett Stegmaier 67-69--136 -4 Ken Duke 70-66--136 -4 Russell Henley 68-68--136 -4 Shawn Stefani 65-71--136 -4 Wesley Bryan 70-66--136 -4 Cameron Percy 69-67--136 -4 Brian Gay 66-70--136 -4 Will MacKenzie 70-66--136 -4 Hudson Swafford 70-66--136 -4 Chad Campbell 68-69--137 -3 Eric Axley 69-68--137 -3 Steve Stricker 66-71--137 -3 Colt Knost 66-71--137 -3 Wes Roach 67-70--137 -3 Sam Saunders 69-68--137 -3 Retief Goosen 67-70--137 -3 Seung-Yul Noh 65-72--137 -3 Rob Oppenheim 72-65--137 -3 Vaughn Taylor 68-70--138 -2 Charlie Wi 70-68--138 -2 Ben Crane 68-70--138 -2 Harris English 69-69--138 -2 Francesco Molinari 68-70--138 -2 Carl Pettersson 71-67--138 -2 Chad Collins 72-66--138 -2 Freddie Jacobson 72-66--138 -2 Tyrone Van Aswegen 70-68--138 -2 Bronson Burgoon 72-66--138 -2 John Merrick 68-70--138 -2 Ryan Palmer 71-68--139 -1 Camilo Villegas 73-66--139 -1 Matt Jones 70-69--139 -1 Scott Stallings 67-72--139 -1 Boo Weekley 70-69--139 -1 D.A. Points 71-68--139 -1 Michael Kim 69-70--139 -1 Robert Garrigus 70-69--139 -1 David Toms 70-69--139 -1 Justin Leonard 67-72--139 -1 Stuart Appleby 68-71--139 -1 Abraham Ancer 71-68--139 -1 David Hearn 71-69--140 E Johnson Wagner 74-66--140 E Luke Guthrie 68-72--140 E Alex Prugh 70-70--140 E Billy Hurley III 69-71--140 E Jamie Donaldson 66-74--140 E Brian Stuard 67-73--140 E Steven Bowditch 70-70--140 E Justin Hicks 69-71--140 E Jon Curran 70-70--140 E Harold Varner III 71-69--140 E Arjun Atwal 72-68--140 E Steve Wheatcroft 71-69--140 E Wes Homan 72-68--140 E Zac Blair 70-71--141 +1 Whee Kim 69-72--141 +1 Miguel Angel Carballo 66-75--141 +1 Henrik Norlander 67-74--141 +1 Andrew Landry 70-71--141 +1 Luke List 70-71--141 +1 John Rollins 72-69--141 +1 Troy Merritt 72-69--141 +1 Stewart Cink 75-66--141 +1 Michael Bradley 73-68--141 +1 Charles Howell III 72-69--141 +1 Erik Compton 71-70--141 +1 Lucas Lee 74-67--141 +1 * Tape delayed broadcast LPGA TOUR WOMEN’S PGA TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP Friday At Sahalee Country Club Sammamish, Wash. Purse: $3.5 million Yardage: 6,668; Par 71 Second Round Mirim Lee 71-69--140 -2 Brooke Henderson 67-73--140 -2 Gerina Piller 72-69--141 -1 Lydia Ko 71-70--141 -1 Brittany Lincicome 71-70--141 -1 Tiffany Joh 70-72--142 E So Yeon Ryu 72-70--142 E In-Kyung Kim 69-73--142 E Su Oh 73-69--142 E Ai Miyazato 72-70--142 E Catriona Matthew 76-67--143 +1 Minjee Lee 70-73--143 +1 Christina Kim 69-74--143 +1 Suzann Pettersen 70-73--143 +1 Cheyenne Woods 73-70--143 +1 Kelly Tan 74-70--144 +2 Ha Na Jang 74-70--144 +2 In Gee Chun 71-73--144 +2 Hee Young Park 70-74--144 +2 Lizette Salas 72-72--144 +2 Anna Nordqvist 73-71--144 +2 Chella Choi 71-73--144 +2 Ariya Jutanugarn 70-75--145 +3 Cristie Kerr 72-73--145 +3 Casey Grice 73-72--145 +3 Candie Kung 73-72--145 +3 Mika Miyazato 74-71--145 +3 Sandra Changkija 75-71--146 +4 Juli Inkster 75-71--146 +4 Danielle Kang 72-74--146 +4 Alena Sharp 74-72--146 +4 Kris Tamulis 71-75--146 +4 Beatriz Recari 73-73--146 +4 Shanshan Feng 76-70--146 +4 Ashleigh Simon 70-77--147 +5 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 72-75--147 +5 Moriya Jutanugarn 75-72--147 +5 Sandra Gal 72-75--147 +5 Amy Yang 74-73--147 +5 Charley Hull 73-74--147 +5 Min Seo Kwak 74-73--147 +5 Eun-Hee Ji 72-75--147 +5 Alison Lee 72-75--147 +5 Sei Young Kim 75-72--147 +5 Q Baek 75-72--147 +5 Becky Morgan 75-73--148 +6 Karrie Webb 74-74--148 +6 Ryann O’Toole 76-72--148 +6 Felicity Johnson 75-73--148 +6 Jennifer Bermingham 72-76--148 +6 Lee Lopez 73-75--148 +6 Simin Feng 75-73--148 +6 Jacqui Concolino 72-76--148 +6 Mo Martin 75-73--148 +6 Gaby Lopez 76-72--148 +6 Sadena Parks 74-75--149 +7 Marina Alex 79-70--149 +7 Katie Burnett 76-73--149 +7 Katherine Kirk 71-78--149 +7 Maude-Aimee Leblanc 74-75--149 +7 Brittany Lang 75-74--149 +7 Sarah Kemp 76-73--149 +7 Lindy Duncan 74-75--149 +7 Jennifer Song 71-78--149 +7 Mariajo Uribe 75-74--149 +7 Cydney Clanton 74-75--149 +7 Sarah Jane Smith 73-76--149 +7 Austin Ernst 71-78--149 +7 Stacy Lewis 73-76--149 +7 Lexi Thompson 75-74--149 +7 Mi Hyang Lee 77-72--149 +7 Kelly Shon 72-77--149 +7 Haru Nomura 74-75--149 +7 Azahara Munoz 76-73--149 +7 Celine Herbin 76-73--149 +7 Also (did not make cut) Michelle Wie 78-80--158 +16 CHAMPIONS TOUR CONSTELLATION SENIOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP Friday At Philadelphia Cricket Club (Wissahickon Course) Flourtown, Pa. Purse: $2.8 million Yardage: 7,017; Par: 70 Second Round Brandt Jobe 69-69--138 -2 Bernhard Langer 71-68--139 -1 Scott Dunlap 70-69--139 -1 Wes Short, Jr. 71-69--140 E Bart Bryant 69-71--140 E Jay Don Blake 68-72--140 E Tom Byrum 74-67--141 +1 Woody Austin 71-70--141 +1 Carlos Franco 74-68--142 +2 Steve Lowery 71-71--142 +2 Billy Andrade 70-72--142 +2 Scott McCarron 71-71--142 +2 Jeff Sluman 69-73--142 +2 David Frost 72-70--142 +2 Colin Montgomerie 70-73--143 +3 Miguel Angel Jimenez 72-71--143 +3 Vijay Singh 69-74--143 +3 Doug Garwood 70-73--143 +3 Jeff Maggert 71-73--144 +4 Olin Browne 72-72--144 +4 Joe Durant 74-70--144 +4 Tommy Armour III 71-73--144 +4 Greg Kraft 74-70--144 +4 John Cook 72-72--144 +4 Mark Brooks 71-73--144 +4 Jesper Parnevik 72-73--145 +5 Fred Funk 73-72--145 +5 Brad Bryant 74-71--145 +5 Skip Kendall 72-73--145 +5 Duffy Waldorf 73-73--146 +6 Michael Allen 72-74--146 +6 Tom Watson 71-75--146 +6 Joey Sindelar 73-73--146 +6 Peter Fowler 77-69--146 +6 Loren Roberts 75-72--147 +7 Willie Wood 75-72--147 +7 Lee Janzen 75-72--147 +7 Jerry Smith 75-72--147 +7 Glen Day 76-71--147 +7 Jeff Hart 73-74--147 +7 Kevin Sutherland 76-71--147 +7 Brian Henninger 73-74--147 +7 Mark O’Meara 76-71--147 +7 Tom Pernice Jr. 72-75--147 +7 Esteban Toledo 73-74--147 +7 Fran Quinn 72-75--147 +7 Steve Pate 75-73--148 +8 Mark Calcavecchia 76-72--148 +8 Kirk Triplett 74-74--148 +8 Scott Parel 76-72--148 +8 Barry Lane 74-74--148 +8 Tom Lehman 73-75--148 +8 Chien Soon Lu 77-71--148 +8 Gary Hallberg 79-70--149 +9 Tom Kite 72-77--149 +9 Marco Dawson 74-75--149 +9 Jim Carter 77-72--149 +9 Joe Daley 74-75--149 +9 P.H. Horgan III 78-71--149 +9 Bob Tway 76-74--150 +10 John Huston 74-76--150 +10 Sandy Lyle 77-73--150 +10 Peter Senior 76-74--150 +10 Jose Coceres 78-72--150 +10 Paul Goydos 74-76--150 +10 Mike Goodes 76-75--151 +11 Rocco Mediate 77-74--151 +11 Bob Friend 76-75--151 +11 Frank Esposito 76-75--151 +11 Brad Faxon 76-75--151 +11 Kenny Perry 74-77--151 +11 Roger Chapman 76-75--151 +11 Jay Haas 76-75--151 +11 Larry Mize 79-73--152 +12 Todd Hamilton 78-74--152 +12 John Daly 76-76--152 +12 John Inman 79-73--152 +12 Grant Waite 77-75--152 +12 Rod Spittle 76-77--153 +13 Guy Boros 77-76--153 +13 HOCKEY NHL PLAYOFFS STANLEY CUP FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Pittsburgh 3, San Jose 2 Game 1: Pittsburgh 3, San Jose 2 Game 2: Pittsburgh 2, San Jose 1 Game 3: San Jose 3, Pittsburgh 2 Game 4: Pittsburgh 3, San Jose 1 Game 5: San Jose 4 Pittsburgh 2 Sunday, June 12 Pittsburgh at San Jose, 2 p.m. x-Wednesday, June 15 San Jose at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m. SOCCER COPA AMERICA FIRST ROUND Top two in each group advance x-advanced to quarterfinals GROUP A GP W D L GF GA Pt x-Colombia 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 United States 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 Paraguay 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 Costa Rica 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 Saturday, June 11 At Philadelphia United States vs. Paraguay, 1 p.m. At Houston Colombia vs. Costa Rica, 3 p.m. GROUP B GP W D L GF GA Pt Brazil 2 1 1 0 7 1 4 Peru 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 Ecuador 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 Haiti 2 0 0 2 1 8 0 Sunday, June 12 At East Rutherford, N.J. Ecuador vs. Haiti, 12:30 p.m. At Foxborough, Mass. Brazil vs. Peru, 2:30 p.m. GROUP C GP W D L GF GA Pt x-Mexico 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 x-Venezuela 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 Jamaica 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 Uruguay 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 Monday, June 13 At Houston Mexico vs. Venezuela, 2 p.m. At Santa Clara, Calif. Uruguay vs. Jamaica, 4 p.m. GROUP D GP W D L GF GA Pt x-Argentina 2 2 0 0 2 1 6 Panama 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 Chile 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 Bolivia 2 0 0 2 2 4 0 Friday, June 10 At Foxborough, Mass. Chile 2, Bolivia 1 At Chicago Argentina 5, Panama 0 Tuesday, June 14 At Philadelphia Chile vs. Panama, 2 p.m. At Seattle Argentina vs. Bolivia, 4 p.m. QUARTERFINALS Thursday, June 16 At Seattle Group A winner vs. Group B second place, 3:30 p.m. Friday, June 17 At East Rutherford, N.J. Group B winner vs. Group A second place, 2 p.m. Saturday, June 18 At Foxborough, Mass. Group D winner vs. Group C second place, 1 p.m. At Santa Clara, Calif. Group C winner vs. Group D second place, 4 p.m. SEMIFINALS Tuesday, June 21 At Houston Seattle winner vs. Foxborough winner, 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 22 At Chicago East Rutherford winner vs. Santa Clara winner, 2 p.m. THIRD PLACE Saturday, June 25 At Glendale, Ariz. Semifinal losers, 2 p.m. CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, June 26 At East Rutherford, N.J. Semifinal winners, 2 p.m. TENNIS ATP WORLD TOUR MERCEDESCUP RESULTS Friday Stuttgart, Germany Singles Quarterfinals Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, def. Gilles Simon (4), France, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-0. Philipp Kohlschreiber (7), Germany, def. Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-5. Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. Florian Mayer, Germany, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (1). Dominic Thiem (3), Austria, def. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5. RICOH OPEN Friday Den Bosch, Netherlands Singles Men Second Round Ivo Karlovic (3), Croatia, def. Adrian Mannarino, France, 6-3, 6-4. Sam Querrey (5), United States, def. Stefan Kozlov, United States, 6-3, 6-0. Gilles Muller (7), Luxembourg, def. David Ferrer (1), Spain, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Nicolas Mahut (8), France, def. Bernard Tomic (2), Australia, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2. Women Quarterfinals Belinda Bencic (1), Switzerland, def. Viktorija Golubic, Switzerland, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (2). Kristina Mladenovic (3), France, def. Elise Mertens, Belgium, 7-5, 6-3. CoCo Vandeweghe (6), United States, def. Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, 6-2, 6-2. Madison Brengle, United States, def. Kateryna Kozlova, Ukraine, 7-5, 6-4. TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX -- Purchased the contract SS Tim Anderson from Charlotte (IL). Designated SS Jimmy Rollins for assignment. Placed OF Austin Jackson on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Jason Coats from Charlotte. MINNESOTA TWINS -- Placed RHP Phil Hughes and RHP Trevor May on the 15-day DL. Reinstated RHP Kyle Gibson from the 15-day DL, Recalled RHP J.T. Chargois from Rochester (IL). NEW YORK YANKEES -- Recalled RHP Chad Green from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Placed INF Chris Parmelee on the 15-day DL. OAKLAND ATHLETICS -- Recalled INF Max Muncy and RHP Zach Neal from Nashville (IL). Optioned RHP Jesse Hahn to Nashville. SEATTLE MARINERS -- Activated OF Leonys Martin from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Luis Sardinas to Tacoma (PCL). National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS -- Recalled OF Peter O’Brien from Reno (PCL). SOCCER | EURO CUP Payet lifts France over Romania 2-1 BY GRAHAM DUNBAR SAINT-DENIS, France — After scoring one goal and setting up another in France’s opening win at the European Championship, Dimitri Payet left the field in tears. The West Ham forward, now hitting his career peak at 29, was playing for his country at a major tournament for the first time. He thrived, playing a part in both goals as France beat Romania 2-1 Friday at the Stade de France. “There was a lot of stress, a lot of pressure,” said Payet, who came off in injury time to a standing ovation. “If someone had told me it would have gone like, that I wouldn’t have believed it.” Payet wasn’t even in the squad on Nov. 13 when the Stade de France was hit by extremists during a friendly match against Germany — part of devastating attacks across Paris that are at the heart of national emotions for Euro 2016. But his stunning season in England with West Ham persuaded coach Didier Deschamps to bring Payet back into the team, and France was rewarded with a display of artistry. Against Romania, Payet capped an outstanding display by curling in an 89th-minute shot with his left foot from outside the penalty area to restore France’s earlier lead. “He’s capable of doing extraordinary things,” Deschamps said. “It was a superb goal.” Riding its luck from wasteful Romanian finishing, France went ahead in the 58th when Olivier Giroud headed in Payet’s cross from the right. The lead lasted only seven minutes. Romania forward Bogdan Stancu slotted in from the penalty spot after a foul by Patrice Evra. While many expect France midfielder Paul Pogba to shine at Euro 2016, Payet was France’s main creative force. Roaming free on both wings, Payet created Giroud’s first headed chance in the 10th, then fired a low cross that Antoine Griezmann met with a shot deflected wide. When Pogba was freed to move forward in the 57th, he was picked out near the penalty spot by Payet for a volleyed shot that Romania goalkeeper Ciprian Tatarusanu blocked with his legs. Within a minute, Tatarusanu was outmuscled in the air by Giroud, whose header looped into an unguarded goal. It was the forward’s 18th goal for France in his 50th appearance. In Pogba’s deeper role, his perfectly angled pass set right back Bacary Sagna free to cross and cause confusion that led to Griezmann’s header against the post in the 14th minute. Payet was in a classic playmaker No. 10 role when Pogba was substituted with 15 minutes left. “I’m not going to be too hard on him, but clearly his potential is such that he can contribute more than he showed tonight,” Deschamps said. Before Stancu scored his penalty, he lacked composure when spurning clear chances in each half as Romania pressed the favored French hard. France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris crouched on his goal-line in the fourth minute to block Stancu’s close-range shot at the far post after a corner. “Had we scored that would have changed the whole match,” Romania coach Anghel Iordanescu said. “At the start of the second period we got in to the box a great deal and unfortunately Stancu missed that chance once again.” For his second miss, Stancu volleyed weak and wide when left alone in space from eight meters out. Romania arrived at Euro 2016 with the meanest defense in the entire qualifying competition, conceding just two goals in 10 matches. It took Payet’s class to double that tally. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COPA AMERICA Messi powers Argentina past Panama 5-0 CHICAGO — Lionel Messi scored three goals in a dazzling second half display in his return from a back injury, and Argentina beat Panama 5-0 on Friday night to clinch a spot in the knockout round of the Copa America Centario. Messi replaced Augusto Fernandez in the 61st minute, drawing a big ovation from a sea of No. 10 Argentina jerseys and the familiar colors of Barcelona, his club team. A few minutes later, the five-time FIFA Player of the Year got right back to work. First, Roderick Miller’s clearing attempt for Panama went off Gonzalo Higuain’s hands as he went to protect his face and right to Messi, who took a couple dribbles and then beat Jaime Penedo on the ground to the goaltender’s right side. Then Messi sent a curling free kick into the top left corner of the goal in the 78th minute, making it 3-0 and drawing gasps from the crowd of 53,885. A left-footed chip past Penedo on the goalkeeper’s right side finished off Messi’s fourth international hat trick, joining friendlies against Switzerland and Brazil in 2012, and Guatemala in 2013. CHILE 2, BOLIVIA 1 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Arturo Vidal scored his second goal of the game on a penalty kick in second-half stoppage time and Chile kept alive its hopes of advancing in Copa America with a 2-1 victory over Bolivia in Group D play Friday night. Defending Copa America champion Chile ended a threegame losing streak. Bolivia has lost six straight and has allowed at least two goals in each of its last 12 games. Chile finished with 10 shots on goal to just one for Bolivia. Chile was awarded the penalty try after Luis Gutierrez was called for a hand ball. Vidal gave Chile a 1-0 lead in the first minute of the second half when he corralled a Bolivia turnover and executed a give-and-go with Mauricio Pinilla and slid a goal past Carlos Lampe. Bolivia tied it the 61st minute when Jhasmani Campos hooked a left-footed free kick just inside the post from 30 yards out. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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