Italy vs. France for the World Cup
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Few teams faced more questions heading into the World Cup than Italy and France. The French were over the hill &amp;#151; they couldn&#039;t even score. The Italians were consumed by the biggest soccer scandal in the nation&#039;s history. No teams have answered their doubters more emphatically.
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Italy&#039;s focus during this World Cup has been unrivaled, perhaps a necessity for players who don&#039;t know what&#039;s coming next.
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Italy coach Marcello Lippi said yesterday that Inter Milan&#39;s Marco Materazzi will replace Fabio Cannavaro in the centre of defence for the Azzurri&#39;s crunch World Cup qualifier at home today to Belarus.
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Primo match di qualificazione ai Mondiali 2006: vittoria per 2-1 degli azzurri. Vantaggio di Carew, subito pari di De Rossi. Decide all&#39;80 la punta del Palermo. PALERMO (5 set. 2004) - Quattro minuti di grande paura, 76 di.
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Sfida cruciale questa sera all'Olimpico. Due gli assenti illustri: Totti e Shevchenko. Gli uomini Donadoni sono reduci dal pareggio con la Lituania e dalla sconfitta con la Francia. Segui la diretta.
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Milan (4-3-2-1): Dida; Cafu, Nesta, Maldini, Costacurta; Gattuso (84â Brocchi), Pirlo (72â Ambrosini), Seedorf; Kaka&#39;, Rui Costa (79â Dhorasoo); Crespo. All. Ancelotti. Shakhtar Donetsk (4-4-2): Lastuvka
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Argentina, England, the Czech Republic and Tunisia got ready for the World Cup with victories in warmup games Tuesday.
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Italy host champions France in the Six Nations opener in Rome on Saturday.
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There&#039;s only one more off day the World Cup resumes. Next up are the quarterfinals with Germany facing Argentina and Italy taking on Ukraine on Friday. Saturday&#039;s games are England vs. Portugal and Brazil against France.
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Al Livorno toccano Auxerre e Rangers. Al Parma il Lens, Osasuna e Odense. Il Palermo incontra Newcastle e Celta Vigo. Sfogo Buffon
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Argentina plays Serbia-Montenegro, Netherlands plays Ivory Coast and Mexico takes on Angola in World Cup soccer action today.
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L'Italia si &egrave; classificata all'ottavo posto con 273 colpi (68 70 64 71) nella World Cup, disp...
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Italy boss Marcello Lippi is counting in his charges to make the country forget their weekend loss to Slovenia when they face Belarus in UEFA World Cup qualifying action on Wednesday.
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Italy made its bid to qualify for next yearâs European Championship a lot more difficult yesterday, and England made it much more likely.Italy, the World Cup champion, was held to a 0-0 tie against France yesterday, dropping them into third place in Group B with four matches to go.England defeated Israel, 3-0, in Group E. It plays host to Russia on Wednesday in a match that will probably leave one of the two teams facing elimination.
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Was it something he said? With France and Italy tied in extra time of Sunday&#039;s World Cup final, Zinedine Zidane head-butted Marco Materazzi in the chest and was ejected. France went on to lose on penalty kicks. The day after, still no one knew what the Italian defender might have said to the French star.
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LONDON -- Italian hopefuls Lazio will take on Villarreal, Newcastle United faces Sporting Lisbon and two former winners will meet when Schalke 04 plays Feyenoord after Tuesday&#39;s draw for the group stage of the UEFA Cup.
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Football&#39;s world governing body FIFA announced Wednesday that host Germany will play in the opening match of the 2006 World Cup finals.