France striker Thierry Henry was included
by coach Raymond Domenech in his starting lineup for Friday's
Euro 2008 Group C match against Netherlands.
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Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:21:13 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Cesc Fabregas has no
complaints about starting on the bench for Spain and would be
happy to carve out a niche as a midfield Euro 2008 "supersub",
he said on Friday.
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Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:53:21 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Gianluigi Buffon saved an 81st-minute
penalty by Adrian Mutu to earn world champions Italy a 1-1 draw
with Romania that kept their Euro 2008 title hopes alive on
Friday.
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Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:56:38 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Croatia bristled with imagination and inspiration as they dealt Germany a 2-1 Euro 2008 Group B defeat here on Thursday in one of the biggest surprises of the tournament so far. -- read full article
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:03:21 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
A controversial World Cup
qualifier that was postponed when a Fijian player was denied
entry to New Zealand has been rescheduled for November, New
Zealand Soccer (NZS) said on Friday. The Oceania confederation
qualifier between New Zealand and Fiji was postponed in Oct.
2007 after goalkeeper Simone Tamanisau was denied an entry visa
because of his father-in-law's connections to the military,
which is led by Frank Bainimarama.
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Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:37:20 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Croatia did the hard work early, then benefited from some late good fortune for Austria at the European Championship. Croatia upset pretournament favorite Germany 2-1 Thursday to clinch first place in Group B, getting goals from Darijo Srna and Ivica Olic in Klagenfurt, Austria. A few hours later in Vienna, Austria midfielder Ivica Vastic scored an injury-time penalty to keep the Euro 2008... -- read full article
Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:20:18 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Slaven Bilic's relished
Croatia's stunning 2-1 victory over Germany which left his team
in the driving seat in Euro 2008's Group B and gave him a
glorious feeling of deja vu.
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Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:27:43 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Germany's 2-1
defeat by Croatia was a chastening experience but coach Joachim
Loew said he was confident his team could correct their mistakes
in time for a decisive Euro 2008 Group B finale against Austria.
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Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:38:48 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Spain striker Fernando Torres
has denied that he was angry with coach Luis Aragones for taking
him off in the team's 4-1 win against Russia in their opening
game at Euro 2008.
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Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:50:27 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
