Italy go into Sunday's Euro 2008
quarter-final against Spain knowing that their group stage form
has made the world champions look like underdogs.
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Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:06:39 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
A look at the likely formations,
strengths and weaknesses of Spain and Italy who meet in the
quarter-finals of Euro 2008 at Ernst Happel Stadium on Sunday
(1845 GMT):
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Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:30:03 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Dwayne De Rosario and Ali Gerba scored two goals apiece to lift the Canada men's national team to a 4-1 triumph over St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Friday in the second leg a two-match qualifying series for the 2010 World Cup. -- read full article
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:31:30 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Netherlands play a revitalised
Russia in Euro 2008's third quarter-final on Saturday, with a
place in the last four against world champions Italy or Group D
winners Spain the prize.
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Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:00:02 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Canada advanced to the semifinals of World Cup qualifying in the North and Central American and Caribbean region, defeating St. Vincent and the Grenadines 4-1 Friday night. Dwayne De Rosario and Ali Gerba scored two goals each for Canada, which won the home-and-home, total-goals series on 7-1 aggregate. -- read full article
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:24:37 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Japan midfielder Shunsuke
Nakamura insists he wants to play in the World Cup qualifier
against Bahrain on Sunday despite a sore ankle.
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Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:30:54 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Russia's Dutch coach Guus Hiddink
gave goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar his Netherlands debut and on
Saturday could also be the man to end his international career.
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Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:17:25 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Wesley Sneijder may be the one reaping the praise for his attacking play, but to many afficionados eyes it is Rafael van der Vaart who has been the lynchpin in the Dutch success so far at Euro 2008. -- read full article
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:56:25 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Coach Joachim Loew
offered Germany's players a brief respite after their Euro 2008
quarter-final win over Portugal but he promised on Friday there
would be no let-up in intensity when they play their semi-final.
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Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:57:05 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Italian defender Christian Panucci on Friday said France coach Raymond Domenech, who criticised the referee after his side's loss to the Italians, "always has excuses". -- read full article
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:11:24 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
U.S. coach Bob Bradley added youth to his roster for Sunday's World Cup qualifier at Barbados, taking an opportunity to give players experience after opening an eight-goal lead in the home-and-home series. Three players with no national team experience were among the 18 picked for the roster: goalkeepers Dominic Cervi and Chris Switz, and forward Chad Barrett. -- read full article
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:08:51 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Dutch coach Guus Hiddink vowed on
Friday to be a "traitor" to his country by steering Russia to
victory over Netherlands in their Euro 2008 quarter-final but
admitted he was "scared as hell" of facing such a good team.
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Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:19:33 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Russia's Dutch coach Guus Hiddink says he wants to be the traitor of the year in the Netherlands and see Russia knock his countrymen out of Euro 2008 in Saturday's quarter-final. -- read full article
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:22:34 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Tens of thousands of German and
Portuguese soccer fans poured into Basel on Thursday for the
first quarter-final of the Euro 2008 tournament.
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Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:07:43 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
