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Article: 2006 WORLD CUP: Typical buildup for England leaves fans worried
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- AP Worldstream
- Article date:
- May 4, 2006
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KRYSTYNA RUDZKI, AP Sports Writer
AP Worldstream
05-04-2006
Dateline: LONDON
The coach is leaving after the tournament. The team's most dangerous player has a broken foot and is a long shot to play. The critics are ready to pounce.
Just another typical World Cup buildup for England.
The country that invented soccer and has one of the best leagues in the world has won the World Cup just once _ when it hosted the event in 1966.
England was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the 2002 World Cup and the 2004 European Championship. Anything less than reaching the semifinals in Germany would be seen as a major failure.
"I always said we have to do better than we did in Japan (in 2002), and that was ...
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