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Football Shorts - Episode 64 ENGLAND MUST WIN AGAINST CROATIA
AHEAD OF THEIR LAST EURO 2008 QUALIFIER AGAINST CROATIA, ENGLAND HAD ONLY TO SECURE A DRAW TO GO THROUGH TO THE EUROPEAN FINALS IN AUSTRIA AND SWITZERLAND. THE PLAYERS WERE TRAINING AT ARSENAL S PRACTISE GROUND ALONGSIDE CAPTAIN JOHN...
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Football Shorts - Episode 54 - ENGLAND AND RUSSIA PREPARE FOR EURO 2008 QUALIFIER
THE WEATHER WAS NOT FAVOURABLE TO THE RUSSIAN TEAM DURING A TRAINING SESSION BEFORE THEIR EURO 2008 QUALIFIER AGAINST ENGLAND. THE PITCH AT THE LUZHNIKI STADIUM WAS FROZEN. RUSSIA WOULD NEED TO BEAT ENGLAND TO KEEP ALIVE THEIR CHANCES OF...
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Football Shorts - Episode 53 GERMAN SQUAD TRAIN AHEAD OF EURO 2008 QUALIFIER AGAINST IRELAND
THE GERMAN NATIONAL TEAM WAS TRAINING AT DUBLIN'S CROKE PARK BEFORE A EURO 2008 QUALIFYING MATCH AGAINST IRELAND. THE GAME WOULD TAKE PLACE IN IRELAND'S LARGEST STADIUM WHICH IS MORE OFTEN USED FOR THE IRISH NATIONAL GAME, HURLING.
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Football Shorts - Episode 43 ITALY AND SCOTLAND PREPARE FOR EURO 2008 QUALIFIER
SCOTLAND WAS PREPARING TO TAKE ON WORLD CHAMPION ITALY AHEAD OF THE EURO 2008 QUALIFYING MATCH IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF BARI. SCOTLAND HAD NEVER HAD SUCCESS AGAINST ITALY AT HOME EVEN HAVING FAILED TO SECURE A DRAW AGAINST THE SIDE, BUT...
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Football Shorts - Episode 35 ISRAEL PREPARES TO FACE ENGLAND EURO 2008
ENGLAND'S SQUAD FOR THE EURO 2008 QUALIFIER AGAINST ISRAEL WERE AT LONDON'S WEMBLEY STADIUM FOR A TRAINING SESSION. THE TEAM WAS BOOED AT THE END OF THEIR LAST MATCH, A 1-0 FRIENDLY DEFEAT TO SPAIN, AND PRESSURE CONTINUED TO MOUNT ON...
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Football Shorts - Episode 33 TURKEY PREPARES TO FACE GREECE EURO 2008
TURKEY COACH FATIH TERIM DOWNPLAYED ANY CONCERNS OVER THE ABSENCE OF SEVERAL KEY PLAYERS DUE TO INJURY, GOING INTO THEIR EURO 2008 QUALIFIER AGAINST GREECE.
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Football Shorts - Episode 13 SCOTLAND PREPARES FOR UKRAINE EURO 2008
SCOTLAND WERE IN AN UNFAMILIAR ROLE AS GROUP LEADERS PROTECTING A PERFECT RECORD WHEN THEY WENT TO THE UKRAINE FOR THEIR NEXT 2008 GROUP B QUALIFIER, BUT COACH WALTER SMITH WAS MAKING SURE HIS MEN ADOPTED A CAUTIOUS APPROACH TO THE GAME.
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Football Shorts - Episode 12 ITALY AND THE UKRAINE GET READY TO FACE EACH OTHER FOR EURO 2008
WORLD CHAMPIONS ITALY HAVING STUMBLED AT THE START OF THEIR EURO 2008 QUALIFYING CAMPAIGN WERE AIMING TO GET BACK TO THEIR WORLD CUP FORM AGAINST THE UKRAINE IN ROME.
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Football Shorts - Episode 8 ENGLAND PREPARES FOR ANDORRA EURO 2008
THE ENGLAND TEAM WAS EXPECTING ITS FIRST COMPETITIVE MATCH UNDER STEVE MCCLAREN TO BE A GOAL BONANZA. THEIR OPPONENTS IN THE OPENING MATCH OF THE EURO 2008 QUALIFIERS WERE ANDORRA, A EUROPEAN PRINCIPALITY WHICH BARELY HAS A POPULATION...
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Football Shorts - Episode 143 BAYERN AND ANDERLECHT
THE UEFA CUP STILL LIVES IN THE SHADOW OF ITS BIG BROTHER THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BUT THIS SEASON'S COMPETITION HAS THROWN UP INTRIGUING TIES IN THE LAST 16. NO FEWER THAN FIVE TEAMS STILL INVOLVED HAVE BEEN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS, WITH...
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Football Shorts - Episode 103 MARSEILLE AND LIVERPOOL TRAIN
OLYMPIQUE MARSEILLE AND LIVERPOOL WERE TRAINING IN MARSEILLE AHEAD OF THEIR LAST MATCH IN THE GROUP STAGE OF THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. THEY WERE TO MEET AT THE STADE VELODROME. IN A TIGHT GROUP A BOTH SIDES WERE ON SEVEN POINTS FROM...
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Football Shorts - Episode 147 ARSENAL AND MILAN
AC MILAN WAS DETERMINED TO GIVE ALL THEY HAD AS THEY PREPARED FOR THEIR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16 SECOND LEG AGAINST ARSENAL AT THE SAN SIRO. THE FIRST LEG IN LONDON TWO WEEKS BEFORE FINISHED 0-0, ONE OF A NUMBER OF FITFUL DRAWS ARSENAL...
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Football Shorts - Episode 144 CHELSEA FACE OLYMPIAKOS
CHELSEA'S MANAGER AVRAM GRANT EXPECTED GREEK CHAMPIONS OLYMPIAKOS TO POSE A STERN TEST WHEN THE TWO SIDES MET IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL 16 SECOND LEG AT STAMFORD BRIDGE.
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Football Shorts - Episode 138 OLYMPIAKOS AND CHELSEA
WORKERS WERE BUSY AT THE GEORGIOS KARAISKAKIS STADIUM IN ATHENS, SHOVELLING SNOW FROM THE PITCH IN PREPARATION FOR THE GAME BETWEEN OLMPIAKOS PIRAEUS AND CHELSEA IN THE FIRST LEG OF THE FIRST KNOCKOUT ROUND IN THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE.
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Football Shorts - Episode 132 EGYPT AND CAMEROON PREPARE FOR FINAL
EGYPT CAME UP AGAINST CAMEROON IN THE FINAL OF THE AFRICAN NATIONS CUP. THE EGYPTIANS HAD FAITH THAT THEIR TEAM SPIRIT WOULD GIVE THEM THE EDGE AND THEY TOOK LITTLE HEED OF THEIR PREVIOUS VICTORY OVER CAMEROON IN THE GROUP STAGE....
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Football Shorts - Episode 128 ALVES AND MIDDLESBROUGH
MIDDLESBROUGH RECENTLY UNVEILED ITS LATEST HIGH PROFILE PLAYER ALFONSO ALVES, BREAKING THE CLUB S TRANSFER RECORD. MIDDLESBROUGH BROKE THEIR TRANSFER RECORD TO SIGN THE BRAZILIAN STRIKER FOR AROUND 12 MILLION POUNDS FROM DUTCH CLUB...
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Football Shorts - Episode 123 MAN U AND SAUDI CLUB AL HILAL
MANCHESTER UNITED PLAYERS ARRIVED IN RIYADH AND SPENT A FEW HOURS TRAINING IN THE SAUDI CAPITAL'S KING FAHD STADIUM, A DAY AHEAD OF A TESTIMONIAL GAME AGAINST AL HILAL. THE GAME WAS TO MARK THE IMMINENT RETIREMENT OF ONE OF SAUDI'S...
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Football Shorts - Episode 106 ARGENTINA TRAINING
ARGENTINA PUT IN ANOTHER TRAINING SESSION AHEAD OF THEIR NEXT WORLD CUP QUALIFYING MATCH AGAINST BOLIVIA. THE TEAMS WOULD FACE OFF IN BUENOS AIRES. COACH ALFIO BASILE INTRODUCED TWO UNCAPPED GOALKEEPERS MARIANO ANDUJAR AND AGUSTIN ORION....
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Football Shorts - Episode 97 BENFICA AND MILAN
LISBON SIDE BENFICA WERE PREPARING FOR THEIR EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCH AGAINST TITLE HOLDER AC MILAN. THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS NEEDED JUST A POINT AGAINST BENFICA TO WRAP UP QUALIFICATION FOR THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16, WITH A GAME...
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Football Shorts - Episode 80 - PELE
WHEN IT COMES TO FOOTBALLING LEGENDS THERE IS NONE GREATER THAN PELE. TODAY, DECADES AFTER HE PLAYED HIS LAST GAME HIS OPINIONS ARE STILL SOUGHT ON ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THE BEAUTIFUL GAME.
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Football Shorts - Episode 67 CROATIA PREPARES FOR ENGLAND
THE CROATIAN SQUAD WAS TRAINING AT WEMBLEY AHEAD OF THE MATCH AGAINST ENGLAND, THEIR LAST GAME IN THE QUALIFYING SERIES. COACH SLAVEN BILIC SAID HIS SIDE WOULD NOT BE OVERAWED BY THE ATMOSPHERE AT WEMBLEY BUT HE WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE...
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Football Shorts - Episode 61 ISRAEL PREPARES FOR RUSSIA
AS THE ISRAEL SQUAD WENT INTO THEIR FINAL TRAINING SESSION BEFORE THE CRUCIAL EURO 2008 QUALIFIER AGAINST RUSSIA, RUMOURS WERE SPREADING THAT KEY MEMBERS OF THE TEAM HAD BEEN OFFERED BRIBES TO LOSE TO THEIR RUSSIAN OPPONENTS.
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Football Shorts - Episode 58 DENMARK-SPANISH TRAINING
IT WAS GETTING TOWARD THE BUSINESS END OF THE EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS AND MOST TEAMS VYING FOR A PLACE IN THE EURO 2008 FINALS TOURNAMENT HAD BEEN HIT HARD BY INJURY PROBLEMS. COACH OF THE SPANISH NATIONAL TEAM LIUS ARAGONES WOULD BE WITHOUT...
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Football Shorts - Episode 47 FRENCH TEAM TRAINS FOR EURO QUALIFYING GAME AGAINST UKRAINE
THE FRENCH FOOTBALL TEAM WAS TRAINING FOR THEIR EURO 2008 QUALIFIER AGAINST THE UKRAINE AT THE STADE DE FRANCE. GROUP B, HAD THE UKRAINE, SCOTLAND AND FRANCE ALL SHARING THE LEAD SO THE OUTCOME OF THIS NEXT MATCH WOULD BE CRUCIAL TO...