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Foot-notes to the Finals...; This year's World Cup Finals in France comprise 64 matches involving up to 704 players. But then you probably knew that. RICHARD ALLEN and DONNIE KERR have been busy compiling a Finals football fact file which is much more revealing...(Features)
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The People (London, England)
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June 7, 1998
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1998 MGN LTD. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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THE Brazilian squad in 1950 were banned from sex for four months.
THE first World Cup final in 1930 was watched by 90,000 spectators as Uruguay, playing at home in Montevideo, beat Argentina 4-2.
THE Italian squad took two tons of pasta and 10,000 litres of mineral water to the 1986 finals in Mexico.
HIGHEST official attendance is 199,854 for the 1950 World Cup final between Brazil and Uruguay at the Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro.
HUNGARY'S Nandor Hidegkuti lost his shorts in the process of scoring against Brazil in 1954.
RAY Wilkins is the only England ...
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