11.   Ukraine coach Jozsef Zabo had to find replacements for star attacker Andrij Shevchenko and influential midfielder Yuri Kalitvintsev who are both suspended.

12.   Influential Swedish midfielder Fredrik Ljungberg is injured and does not start the match.

13.   Coach Otto Rehhagel will be without injured influential midfielders Thomas Strunz and Swiss international Ciriaco Sforza.

14.   Eriksson played down minor injuries to Owen and influential midfielder Paul Scholes.

15.   Thistle will be without influential midfielder Chic Charnley, who is suspended after being sent off last Saturday.

16.   Paris Saint Germain could be without influential midfielder Vincent Guerin as they try to ressurrect their French league form at Strasbourg on Friday.

17.   Spain were without influential midfielder Fernando Hierro for the World Cup quarter-final with Italy here on Saturday.

18.   The goalscorer that night Nayim is suspended while influential Uruguayan midfielder Gustavo Poyet, who scored on Sunday, is doubtful.

19.   The Germans will also have to do without Tottenham Hotspur wingback Christian Ziege and influential Liverpool midfielder Dieter Hamman.