Football World Cup: World Cup Update - Shevchenko faces old friends

Shevchenko faces old friends
Italy take on Ukraine on Friday in a quarter-final encounter in Hamburg that will pit Andriy Shevchenko against several of his former AC Milan team-mates...
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Past masters helping today's hopefuls
Experience is a vital asset at the FIFA World Cup and hosts Germany are just one of the teams whose coaching staff includes former international stars ready and willing to pass on their know-how to the players under their charge...
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Veteran Milutinovic gives his verdict
Bora Milutinovic, who has coached five different countries at five different FIFA World Cups , gave FIFAworldcup.com his impressions of Germany 2006...
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Ukraine aim to teach masters a lesson
Ukraine's pragmatic style of football has echoes of Italy's old catenaccio and Oleg Blokhin's side are now hoping it will help them get the better of the Azzurri in Hamburg...
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Ronaldo: Brazil are ready for anything
After becoming the all-time leading scorer in FIFA World Cup history, Ronaldo told FIFAworldcup.com that "winning the Trophy" was his No.1 priority...
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Six former winners in last eight
Eight teams remain in the FIFA World Cup and six of them are former world champions. At previous FIFA World Cups the highest number of former title-holders making it to the last eight was four...
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Lehmann and Riquelme face to face again
Jens Lehmann and Juan Riquelme will renew a personal rivalry held over from the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League when Germany meet Argentina...
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