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World Cup Draw Pots

The Associated Press
12/3/03 2:27 PM


FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Pots announced Wednesday by FIFA for Friday's World Cup qualifying draw:

Europe

Three groups of seven teams and five groups of six teams

Winners and top two second-place teams qualify

Other second-place teams advance to European playoffs

Pot A--France, Portugal, Sweden, Czech Republic, Spain, Italy, England, Turkey

Pot B--Netherlands, Croatia, Belgium, Denmark, Russia, Ireland, Slovenia, Poland

Pot C--Bulgaria, Romania, Scotland, Serbia-Montenegro, Switzerland, Greece, Slovakia, Austria

Pot D--Ukraine, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Israel, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Latvia, Wales

Pot E--Hungary, Georgia, Belarus, Cyprus, Estonia, Northern Ireland, Lithuania, Macedonia

Pot F--Albania, Armenia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Faeroe Islands, Malta, San Marino, Liechtenstein

Pot G--Andorra, Luxembourg, Kazakhstan

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[Frank Cunha]

Portuguese B Team - Tejo Tournament
Tejo Tournament will be played on the 19 thru the 22 of January with the following national B teams, Portugal, Slovakia, Albania, adn Bielorussia

here is a list of players the will be call for B team workouts


Boavista: Raul Meireles;

Marítimo: Danny;

Paços de Ferreira: Cadú;

FC Porto: Bosingwa, Bruno Vale, Pedro Ribeiro e Vítor Silva;

Estoril Praia: Carlitos;

Gil Vicente: Hugo Luz e Joca;

Rio Ave: Miguelito;

Benfica: João Pereira e Moreira;

Sporting: Beto, Carlos Martins, Custódio, Lourenço, Mário Sérgio e Miguel Garcia;

U. Leiria: João Paulo;

Varzim: Jorge Ribeiro;

V. Guimarães: Bruno Alves, Ednilson e Manuel José.

[Frank Cunha]

Cisse 5 game suspension of the Portugal vs France [R]
No surprise, I knew was a long suspension, he could be suspended for 5 games with A team and missed the Euro 04
Gael Givet also got 2 games
Portugal was fine 6,500 euros for the wild celebrations, the players agree to pay it

nothing mention of the drug test, because was never on schedule, was just the french crying for the lost game
Go Portugal Go


Seleccionador francês «incrédulo» com castigo a Cissé



Está confirmada a suspensão de cinco jogos aplicada pela UEFA ao avançado francês Djibril Cissé, na sequência da sua expulsão no último encontro entre as selecções de sub-21 de França e Portugal.


A Federação Francesa de Futebol (FFF) já anunciou que vai recorrer deste castigo, até porque o seleccionador principal da França, Jacques Santini, não se conforma com a possibilidade de perder o jogador para o Euro-2004.

«Estou incrédulo perante a severidade do castigo, tendo em conta o contexto muito particular do jogo entre a França e Portugal [em sub-21]», afirmou Santini, revelando ainda que apenas tomará uma decisão sobre a convocatória (ou não) de Cissé depois de esgotadas todas as possibilidades de recorrer à decisão da UEFA.

Entretanto, e ainda em relação aos incidentes no encontro entre França e Portugal em sub-21, é de referir que, para além da suspensão de cinco jogos a Cissé e da multa de 6500 euros à Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, a UEFA decidiu ainda multar a Federação Francesa também em 6500 euros, bem como aplicar dois jogos de suspensão ao defesa Gaël Givet por comportamento agressivo.

05/

[Frank Cunha]

WC 06 not a bad draw for Portugal
Portugal in Group 3

Grupo 1: República Checa, Holanda, Roménia, Finlândia, Macedónia, Arménia e Andorra.

Grupo 2: Turquia, Dinamarca, Grécia, Ucrânia, Geórgia, Albânia e Cazaquistão.

Grupo 3: PORTUGAL, Rússia, Eslováquia, Letónia, Estónia, Liechtenstein e Luxemburgo.

Grupo 4: França, República da Irlanda, Suíça, Israel, Chipre e Ilhas Faroé.

Grupo 5: Itália, Eslovénia, Escócia, Noruega, Bielorrússia e Moldávia.

Grupo 6: Inglaterra, Polónia, Áustria, País de Gales, Irlanda do Norte e Azerbaijão.

Grupo 7: Espanha, Bélgica, Sérvia e Montenegro, Bósnia, Lituânia e São Marino.

Grupo 8: Suécia, Croácia, Bulgária, Islândia, Hungria e Malta.

Os oito vencedores de cada grupo e os dois melhores segundos classificados apuram-se directamente, juntamente com a Alemanha, na condição de país organizador. Os restantes seis segundos classificados dos Grupos disputam entre si o «play-off», cujos três vencedores completam o grupo de 14 equipas europeias no Mundial.

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its good with any luck we will be in 2006

[Frank Cunha]

we just have to play our game :king:

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Marítimo: Danny :danc:

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saw the draw fvcking france got pulled out for Group 1 but because it is a seven team group they went into group 4
fvck france,england,spain,italy it they got drawn in the 7 team group they would of been changed to a 6 team group some thing to do to many league games fvck my heart bleeds for them fvck net: net:

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he was scum for what he done

[Frank Cunha]

they lost and the trying to pull a fast one with the dope test, etc etc
again the France show what they were looking for, a easy win in

[Frank Cunha]

we will get more revenge against the France, also we need a big win against Italy its been awhile

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Ticket prices for 2006 World Cup finals



FRANKFURT, Germany, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Ticket prices for the 2006 soccer World Cup finals in Germany (in euros):

Category 1 2 3 4 Opening game 300 180 115 65 Group games 100 60 45 35 Second round 120 75 60 45 Quarter-finals 180 110 85 55 Semi-finals 400 240 150 90 Third-place playoff 120 75 60 45 Final 600 360 220 120

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scum all of them

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Djibril Cisse, the most exciting French striker in Ligue 1, is almost certain to miss Euro 2004 after a five-match ban for a red card in an Under-21 international was confirmed by UEFA on Friday.

Cisse: Appeal inevitable (GaryMPrior/GettyImages)

The Auxerre star was sent off for delibertately kicking an opponent during the European Under-21 Championships qualifier with Portugal on November 18 in Clermont-Ferrand.


A statement on UEFA's website added: 'The player then did not leave the pitch immediately, protesting and insulting the referee as well as acting aggressively towards Portuguese players.'

French media had reported the punishment prior to its announcement, although Auxerre coach Guy Roux was confident an appeal would be successful. The French football federation has yet to comment.

The ban counts only for official matches, not friendlies, and therefore starts at Euro 2004. Cisse would only be available for the final if France got that far.

France coach Jacques Santini said he was stunned by the ban.

'No decision will be made until all the appeal possibilities have been worked out,' he said.

It is bad news for Santini, who has little direct cover for Thierry Henry and David Trezeguet if they are injured or lose form dramatically during the European Championships in Portugal.

Santini must be regretting his decision to allow Cisse to play for the Under-21 side in a playoff against Portugal, rather than accompany his national team to Germany for a friendly.

Everything went according to plan in the first leg of the play-off in Guimaraes with Cisse scoring the goals in a 2-1 French win. He also scored in the second leg but was sent off shortly before halftime for kicking an opponent.

Portugal won the tie on a penalty shoot-out.

[Frank Cunha]

Danny was the best player in the field on the Maritimo vs Porto 2-2 finish

we need him for the finals of the Euro U 21