61.   They will be without injured key defenders Didier Lang and Pascal Pierre.

62.   West Coast also had star players in key defender Glen Jakovich, Chris Waterman and Peter Wilson.

63.   Waseige has already seen his World Cup plans hit by injury to key defender Joos Valgaeren.

64.   Milutinovic said that apart from missing key defenders Fan Zhiyi and Sun Jihai, his managerial record against the South Americans did not bode well.

65.   Since that defeat for the Croatian Serbs, Karadzic has attempted to pose as the key defender of both rebel Serb communities.

66.   Spartak must also do without key defenders Ilya Tsymbalar, who has not recovered from a knee operation, and Dmitri Khlestov who broke a leg in two places.

67.   The British, competing without key defender Karen Brown who suffered a fractured skull in a collision on Tuesday, doggedly fought back against the disciplined Dutch attack.

68.   The Germans had already lost key defender Jurgen Kohler who went home after the first game with ruptured knee ligaments, and ankle-victim Mario Basler.