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Angola Argentina Australia Brazil Switzerland Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Costa Rica Serbia and Montenegro Czech Republic Germany Ecuador Spain France Ghana Croatia (Hrvatska) Iran Italy Japan Korea (South) Mexico Netherlands Poland Portugal Paraguay Saudi Arabia Sweden Togo Tunisia Trinidad and Tobago Ukraine United States England

Germany vs Costa Rica in just a few hours
the first match of the 2006 World Cup.Exciting,isn't it?

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Germany - Costa Rica, the first match will have a minute's silence
A minute's silence in memory of football figures who have died in the past year

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France : World Cup without Cisse
A tibia fracture left France without one of the key players with only a few days before the ...

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Ballack might miss the first World Cup match
He missed another training session on tuesday

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Rotterdam: Australia and Netherlands 1-1 draw
sadly 3 dutch players suffred injuries

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Brazil : 4-0 win with New Zealand
10th match without defeat for Brazil

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Pernia joins the World Cup team, Del Horno stays home
Pernia postpones his own wedding to join the team

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Rebrov will miss two Ukraine friendlies
Serhiy Rebrov, down with an hip injury

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World Cup without Edmilson
Edmilson is injured and won't be able to attend the world Cup this year

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