| INTRODUCTION:
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| | Argentina, France, Holland, Brazil,
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| I studied drawing at scool for many
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| | Egypt, Belgium and the United States.
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| years, but I did not like it very much.
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| | 1938:World Cup in France.The final
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| My favourite subject at school were the
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| | ranking:1-Italy,
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| olympic sports. I remember when I was a
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| | Hungary,Brazil,Sweden,Czechoslovakia,Swit
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| child and I played soccer with my
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| | zerland,Cuba,France,Romania,Germany,Norwa
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| friends. My best memory was when El
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| | y,Poland,Belgium,Holland,Netherlands
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| Salvador,a small Central American
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| | Indies.
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| country, qualified at the World Cup in
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| | 1950:FIFA World Cup in Brazil. In Rio,
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| 1982.I did not think "ES" defeat Mexico,
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| | the host lost the final 2-1 to Uruguay.
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| sixth place in the FIFA World
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| | Brazil was the big favourite... Uruguay
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| Championship in 1970.
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| | had its second World Cup!
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| Between 1978 and 1989, El Salvador had
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| | 1954:World Cup in Switzerland.The final
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| one of the worst civil war in the modern
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| | ranking:1-West
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| history of Latin America.Unfortunately,
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| | Germany,Hungary,Austria,Uruguay,Switzerla
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| more than 70,000 people were killed by
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| | nd,Brazil,England,Yugoslavia,France,Italy
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| anti-communist dictatorships and marxist
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| | ,Turkey,Belgium,Mexico,Czechoslovakia,Sco
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| rebels.
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| | tland,Korea.
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| Certainly, I was a big fan of Salvadoran
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| | 1958: World Cup in Sweden...The final
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| soccer. I once said: "ES ganarà el
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| | ranking:1-Brazil, Sweden, France, West
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| Mundial ( El Salvador will be win the
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| | Germany, Wales, USSR, Northern Ireland,
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| FIFA Soccer World 1982..!).However, the
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| | Yugoslavia,Czechoslovakia,Hungary,England
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| only thing that I clearly remember is
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| | ,Paraguay, Argentina, Scotland,Austria
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| that Hungary beat El Salvador 10-1 in the
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| | and Mexico.
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| World Cup in Spain...Good Bye ES...!
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| | 1962:World Cup in Santiago de
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| Like many people, I think that soccer is
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| | Chile...Certainly, the people of Brazil
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| "passion" in the world since 1910. When
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| | produce the World`s best coffee, but also
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| Cameroon, ex French colony in Africa, won
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| | the best soccer...The final
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| its first gold medal at the XXVII Summer
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| | ranking:1-Brazil,Czechoslovakia, Chile,
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| Olympics Games in Australia
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| | Yugoslavia, Hungary, West Germany,USSR,
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| (2000)...Yaoundè, the capital city of
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| | England, Italy, Argentina, Mexico, Spain,
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| Cameroon, was carnival for days.Cameroon
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| | Uruguay, Colombia, Bulgaria and
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| was the second African country to win the
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| | Switzerland.
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| gold olympic...
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| | 1966: World Cup in London,UK...The final
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| Unfortunately, Liberia was the nightmare
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| | ranking: 1-England, West Germany,
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| of the Third World...From 1980 to 2005,
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| | Portugal, USSR, Argentina, Hungary,
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| more than 180,000 people were killed by
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| | Uruguay, North Korea, Italy, Spain,
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| dictatorships and AIDS...Currently, the
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| | Mexico, Brazil...
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| poverty is a plague...Its percapita
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| | 1970:Brazil won the FIFA World Cup on
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| income of $ 80 a year is one of the worst
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| | June 27th in Mexico City. The final
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| in the World History. Hundreds of
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| | ranking: Brazil, Italy, West Germany,
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| thousands of Liberian people fled the
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| | Uruguay,USSR, Mexico, Peru, England,
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| country. Like neighboring Sierra Leone,
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| | Sweden, Belgium, Romania, Israel,
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| the African country has one of the
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| | Bulgaria, Morocco, Czechoslovakia and ES.
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| highest number of orphans in the Africa
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| | 1974:World Cup in West Germany...After
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| in relation to its population.
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| | Zaire, today`s Democratic Republic of
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| Fortunately, Liberia is home to George
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| | Congo, qualified for the FIFA World
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| Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah, one of the
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| | Championship, a legal holiday was
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| World`s most famous and charismatic
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| | declared by Mobutu Sésé Seko Kuku
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| players. In 1995 the FIFA selected George
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| | Ngbendu Wa zan Banga, tyrannical
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| Weah as the best footballer of the
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| | president of the African
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| Year.Certainly, he became a "World Star"
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| | country......Haitian footballers
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| in the 1990s.Like Iman (former
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| | sometimes use the language "creole"
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| super-model from Somalia) and Dikembe
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| | during games to confuse rivals... Brazil
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| Mutombo (basketball player from the
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| | and WGermany were the obvious
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| Democratic Republic of Congo), George
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| | favorites.The final ranking:1-West
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| Weah is an icon in the African continent.
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| | Germany, Holland, Poland, Brazil, Sweden,
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| Since then, he made a great contribution
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| | Argentina, East Germany, Yugoslavia,
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| to Liberian human development. Currently,
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| | Bulgaria, Italy, Scotland, Australia,
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| George Weah is UNICEF Goodwill
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| | Chile,Uruguay, Haiti and Zaire.
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| Ambassador. He was national team
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| | 1978: World Cup in Buenos Aires,
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| captain for many years, but his country
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| | Argentina. The final ranking:1-Argentina,
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| did not qualifity for the FIFA Football
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| | Holland,Brazil, Italy, West Germany,
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| World. Ironically, Liberia was not one of
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| | Poland,Austria, Peru, Tunisia, Spain,
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| the best teams of Africa in the 20th
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| | Scotland, France, Sweden, Iran, Hungary
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| Century.
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| | and Mexico.
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| In 1994 Bolivia`s qualification for the
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| | 1982: For first time, there were 24
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| finals was one of the surprises in the
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| | teams. FIFA World Cup in Spain. Italy won
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| Third World sport. Under the leadership
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| | the trophy. The ranking final:1-Italy,
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| of Marco Etcheverry, Bolivia beat Brazil
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| | West Germany, Poland, France, Brazil,
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| 2-0 in the Pre-World Cup in La Paz,
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| | England, USSR, Austria, Northern Ireland,
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| Bolivia`s capital. I remember that
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| | Belgium, Argentina, Spain,
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| Etcheverry, best known for his nickname
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| | Algeria,Hungary. Scotland,
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| "El Diablo", was the idol of millions of
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| | Yugoslavia,Cameroon,Honduras,Czechoslovak
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| Bolivians.It was one of the greatest
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| | ia,Peru, Kuwait, Chile, New Zealand, ES.
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| sporting moments in Bolivian history
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| | 1986: World Cup in Mexico. The final
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| since 1978. At that time, Bolivia, under
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| | ranking:1-Argentina, West Germany,
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| the leaderships of Guadalupe Yañez,
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| | France, Belgium, Brazil, Mexico, Spain,
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| qualified for the FIBA Women`s World
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| | England, Denmark, USSR, Morocco, Italy,
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| Championship in Seoul, South Korea´s
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| | Paraguay, Poland, Bulgaria, Uruguay,
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| capital.
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| | Portugal, Hungary, Scotland, South Korea,
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| In my opinion, the FIFA World
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| | Northern Ireland, Algeria, Irak and
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| Championship is a world without
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| | Canada.
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| frontiers. Ferenc Puskas, was born on
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| | 1990:World Cup In Italy.The final
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| April, 1926, in Budapest, Hungary, made
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| | ranking:1-West Germany, Argentina, Italy,
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| his debut in the friendly against Austria
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| | England, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia,
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| at the age of only fifteen...In the past
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| | Ireland, Cameroon,Netherlands, Brazil,
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| Century, Puskas represented both Hungary,
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| | Belgium, Spain, Romania, Colombia,
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| a former communist State, and Spain.At
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| | Uruguay,CR,Egypt,Austria,Scotland,
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| the time, Santamaria played for Uruguay
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| | USSR,Sweden, South Korea,USA and the
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| and Spain. Traditionally American players
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| | United Arab Emirates.
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| have Latin American and African roots:
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| | 1994: World Cup in the United States. The
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| Hugo Perez (El Salvador), Tab Ramos
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| | final ranking:1-Brazil, Italy, Sweden,
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| (Uruguay), Claudio Reyna (Argentina),
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| | Bulgaria, Germany, Romania, Netherlands,
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| Josmer Altidore (Haiti) and Freddy Addu
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| | Spain,Nigeria, Argentina, Belgium, Saudi
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| (Ghana). Today Gerald Asamoah, was born
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| | Arabia, Mexico, USA, Switzerland,
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| in Accra (Ghana), is one of the best
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| | Ireland, Norway, Russia, Colombia, South
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| footballers in Germany at the moment.
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| | Korea, Bolivia, Cameroon, Morocco and
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| While Alex (Alessandro) Santos, was born
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| | Greece.
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| in Brazil, is a Japanese player.Santos
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| | 1998:World Cup in Paris. The final
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| played many times for Japan, including
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| | ranking:1-France,Brazil,Croatia,
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| appearances at the 2006 World Cup in
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| | Netherlands, Argentina,Italy, Germany,
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| Germany.
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| | Denmark, England,
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| Personally, I think that this Century
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| | Yugoslavia,Romania,Nigeria, Mexico,
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| will be an era of "Sports Miracles" in
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| | Paraguay, Norway, Chile, Spain, Morocco,
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| the Third World. Cote D`Ivoire, best
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| | Belgium, Iran, Colombia, Jamaica,
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| known as Ivory Coast, qualified for the
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| | Austria, South Africa, Cameroon, Tunisia,
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| FIFA Soccer World 2006...Angola made its
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| | Scotland, Saudi Arabia, Bulgaria, South
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| debut in Germany...Trinidad-Tobago made
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| | Korea, Japan and the United States.
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| its debut in the World Cup...Paraguay won
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| | 2002:World Cup in Japan and South
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| the silver medal in football in the 2004
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| | Korea...1-Brazil, 2-Germany,
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| Summer Olympic Games in Athens.
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| | 3-Turkey,4-South Korea...SKorea has one
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| CHRONOLOGY:
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| | of the best sporting infrastructure in
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| 1930: FIFA World Cup in Montevideo, the
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| | the world...
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| capital city of Uruguay, one of the most
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| | 2006: World Cup in Germany...1-Italy,
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| development countries in the 1930s.The
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| | 2-France,3-Germany,4-Portugal...
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| final ranking:1-Uruguay,2-Argentina,
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| | REFERENCES: -Laity,Paul. "Costa de
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| 3-Yugoslavia,4-USA,5-Chile,
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| | Marfil Brujería: que forma de ganar",
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| 6-Brazil,7-France,8-Paraguay,9-Romania,
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| | National Geographic,MexicoDF, junio 2006
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| 10-Peru, 11-Belgium, 12-Bolivia,
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| | -Matthews,Meter.Whitaker´s Almanac
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| 13-Mexico.
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| | Internacional Sports Records and Results
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| 1934: World Cup in Rome. Uruguay did not
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| | 1998-9, London:The Stationery Office,
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| participate. The final ranking:1-Italy,
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| | London, 1998.
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| Czechoslovakia,Germany, Austria, Spain,
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| | -Vickery,Tim.
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| Hungary, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania,
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