250,000 Reasons For Germany Wanting To Win

The DFB (German Football Association) have announced that following talks with Michael Ballack, Bernd Schneider, Mirsoslav Klose and Jens Lehmann on Sunday, they will pay each member of the German squad up to €250,000 in bonuses and more.
Should Germany progress past the group stage, which they are expected to do, …
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Bruckner To Miss Czech Friendlies

The Czech football federation announced at a press conference yesterday that veteran manager Karel Brucker won’t be present at his side’s upcoming games against Greece and Poland due to illness.
A “high temperature with a suspicion of an inflammation of the lungs” is keeping the 68-year old at bay, according to …
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Trezeguet Wouldn’t “Bet A Euro” On Playing

David Trezeguet has said he wouldn’t “bet a euro” on appearing at Euro 2008 as he feels Raymond Domenech doesn’t have any faith in him.
Trezeguet currently leads the Serie A goalscoring charts with 15 goals to his name but Domenech has let his feelings speak through his tactical decisions of …
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Ballack Back In The German Fold

Michael Ballack has been included in the German squad to face Austria next week.
Out of international action and contention since last March, Ballack has been plagued by injury in recent months. While he hasn’t exactly starred for Chelsea either, he did make the field last night scoring against Reading.
His goal …
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Clubs Will Get Cash Compensation For Euro 2008

UEFA have announced that clubs who will have players on international duty at Euro 2008 will be compensated financially.
The packaged outlined earlier in the week will see clubs paid €4,000 for each day a player is involved in the latter stages of the tournament. The same rule will also apply …
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