Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez has no fear about playing on artificial grass for the first leg of the World Cup qualifying play-off in Costa Rica.The Ticos have an impressive record on the surface, but Tabarez said: "We already faced tougher problems like Ecuador's height, and we won there a key match."The synthetic grass is nothing but one other issue for this duel. For us, the biggest concern is to...
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Uruguay took a big step towards reaching the 2010 World Cup finals on Saturday with a 1-0 win away to Costa Rica in the first leg of their qualifying playoff.A 22nd-minute goal from defender Diego Lugano secured the win for Uruguay, who finished fifth in South American qualifying and had to play-off with Costa Rica from the CONCACAF region.Costa Rica's task of turning the game around was made harder...
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Superstars Cristiano Ronaldo and Frank Ribery will miss vital World Cup play-off matches in the next few days due to injuries. Their absence could jeopardise the qualification chances of Portugal and France. By this week-end, three more African countries and the winners of the Asia/Oceania play-off (Bahrain vs New Zealand) will have qualified for...
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long road to qualifying for next year's World Cup will finally come to an end on Wednesday when Uruguay and Costa Rica (2300 GMT) face off for the 32nd and last spot in South Africa.The second leg match between the fifth placed South American team and fourth place CONCACAF side will mark the end of a qualifying phase that has lasted over two years.For the winner, the long journey will have been worth...
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second day of FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter’s trip to Mexico has taken the delegation to Pachuca, 60 kilometres north of Mexico City. There, a sports centre bearing the name of the President of the world football was inaugurated on Tuesday 10 November."It’s an honour. Besides, it’s very rare to receive such a tribute in the presence of a country’s head of state, in this case Mexico President Felipe...
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Abu Dhabi: Estudiantes were relieved to avoid Mexico's Atlante in their opening match at FIFA's Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi next month, said coach Alejandro Sabella.The South American champions, who like European counterparts Barcelona have a bye into the semi-finals of the Dec. 9-19 tournament, were drawn on Thursday to meet Congolese side TP Mazembe or Pohang Steelers of South Korea.CONCACAF champions...
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