World Cup Update - Valente takes optimistic view

 

Valente takes optimistic view
Nuno Valente tells FIFAworldcup.com that he is going into his first FIFA World Cup full of confidence thanks to Portugal's impressive progress under coach Luiz Felipe Scolari...
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Bruno Vale blow for Portugal
Portugal keeper Bruno Vale will not be taking part at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany(tm), having been hit by injury while on U-21 duty...
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Hard work will pay off - Viduka
Australia captain Mark Viduka believes the intense work-outs that Guus Hiddink is subjecting the Socceroos squad to will pay dividends in their first 2006 FIFA World Cup game against Japan on 12 June...
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Lokvenc helps depleted Czechs beat Costa Rica
Substitute Vratislav Lokvenc struck eight minutes from time to earn depleted Czech Republic a 1-0 victory over Costa Rica in their FIFA World Cup warm-up on Tuesday...
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Strikers looking sharp
The weekend's friendlies offered promising signs from the strikers in the Portugal and Germany teams while the Stade de France bade farewell to Zinedine Zidane...
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Time to tinker is now
Zinedine Zidane's farewell to the Stade de France is one of the highlights of a weekend friendly programme that offers coaches one of their final opportunities to experiment before Germany 2006...
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