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The Best of Teams, the Worst of Teams...
Four Spaniards, two Germans, two Russians, a Croatia, an Italian and a Dutchman. They’re all in the eleven-a-side.com Euro 2008 Team of the Tournament. Follow the link for the best XI – and the worst – of the past three weeks.
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Simunic hopes for Bilic stay
Croatia defender Josip Simunic hopes head coach Slaven Bilic will resist the temptation to move into club football after his side’s Euro 2008 exit on Friday night.
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Turkey without six for Croatia clash
Turkey coach Fatih Terim must plan without six players, including captain Emre Belizoglu and defender Servet Cetin, for Friday night’s Euro 2008 quarter-final against Group B winners Croatia.
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Croatia defender suffers injury blow
Croatia defender Dario Knezevic will miss the remainder of his side’s Euro 2008 campaign after picking up a knee injury against Poland earlier this week.
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The best of teams, the worst of teams...
What do two Dutchmen, two Croatians, two Spaniards, a Pole, a Romanian, a German, a Portuguese and a Turk have in common? They’re all on the eleven-a-side.com Best XI of Euro 2008. The team is updated daily – join the debate at the bottom of the blog.
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Cech howler paves way for Turkish passage
Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech committed a terrible late blunder as Turkey came from two goals down to defeat the Czech Republic and book a quarter-final date with Croatia.
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A day with the Croatians
It’s early Thursday evening in Temple Bar. The anarchy of the weekend, when Dublin’s condensed nightlife district bubbles with stags and cackling hens, is still a day or two away but Fitzsimons’ pub is bustling as I step inside for a possible rendezvous with “30 or 40 Croatians”.
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CROATIA: A point against Germany would be great
Croatia will have huge respect for Germany in Thursday’s big game, but if we can win at least a point we could be able to top the group and avoid a really good Portugal side in the quarter-finals. With Robbie Landeka
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Germans impress in Group B openers
Tournament favourites Germany produced a fine display to oust neighbours Poland while Croatia edged co-hosts Austria in the first games of Group B on Sunday.
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Croatia boss tips shock winner
Croatia head coach Slaven Bilic believes another surprise European champion will emerge over the next three weeks of Euro 2008.
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Hoops receive Nakamura boost
Celtic have been boosted by the clearest indication yet that Japanese midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura will spend next season at the club.
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Yokohama close in on Celtic’s Nak
Representatives from Japanese J-League side Yokohama F Marinos are in Scotland this week in a bid to tie up a deal to take Shunsuke Nakamura back to the club in the summer.
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Bhoys boss desperate for Nakamura stay
Celtic manager Gordon Strachan is desperate for midfield star Shunsuke Nakamura to spend at least one more season at Parkhead – but concedes that he could return to Japan in the summer.
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Hoops ace out of Scotland squad
Celtic midfielder Barry Robson has withdrawn from the Scotland squad for Wednesday night’s friendly international against Croatia.
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Umbro launch new Irish kit
The new Republic of Ireland home kit for 2008, which debuted against Brazil at Croke Park last month, has been launched by sportswear giant Umbro.
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Burley hints at Celtic, Rangers absences
Scotland manager George Burley has hinted that he will omit Celtic and Rangers players from his squad for next month’s friendly against Croatia – owing to the game’s proximity to the final Old Firm derby of the season.
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Hunt hits out at Givens
Reading and Ireland winger Stephen Hunt has hit out at caretaker manager Don Givens for his omission from the starting line-up for Wednesday night’s friendly against Brazil.
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"What is important is his mentality. He said to me yesterday, ’I want to be in the team, I want to play’, and that is a big, big example to all the Ireland players because that is a very important mentality." -
Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni on the exemplary mentality of Kevin Kilbane.
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