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Article: NSW: Greece, Portugal soccer fans rev up for Euro 2004 final
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- July 4, 2004
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AAP General News (Australia)
07-04-2004
NSW: Greece, Portugal soccer fans rev up for Euro 2004 final
SYDNEY, July 4 AAP - Hours from the Euro 2004 soccer final, thousands of Australians
of Greek and Portuguese descent tonight waved flags and tickets worth up to $30 as they
prepared to follow the game from half a world away.
Neither nation has won a major international soccer tournament and both are keen to
break that drought.
The excitement in Sydney's so-called little Portugal in Petersham was mounting fast,
said Ilidio Teixeira (Ilidio Teixeira), director of Sydney's Portuguese Radio.
With Portugal the host nation and favourite, Mr Teixeira said Sydney's Portuguese community
felt it ...