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Article: Oh no.. it's the Group of DEATH!; PETER KEENAN previews the most wide-open group of the World Cup, where Spain and Nigeria emerge as the pre-tournament favourites to go through.(Sports)
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- Sports Argus (Birmingham, England)
- Article date:
- June 6, 1998
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IT has been dubbed the "Group of Death" and is set to provide a super scrap for second round places.
With no outstanding side among the four teams each coach must feel he has the chance of avoiding the ignomony of an early tournament bath.
Spain are dubious favourites considering their past record in major competitions, and with Nigeria - the Olympic champions - should progress to the second phase.
But Bulgaria - boasting the mercurial Hristo Stoichkov - and Paraguay have a realistic hope of causing an upset.
Although Stoichkov is now 31 ...