71. Gunes said Turkey would have to adopt a less cautious approach than they displayed in the group game. 72. Hierro also started the match, after being a substitute in their last group game against Bolivia, and Enrique replaced Julio Salinas. 73. A win will be worth three points instead of two for group games, as it was at the World Cup. 74. Australia started the tournament as favourites and annoyed Sri Lanka by refusing to play a group game in Colombo over fears of terror attacks by Tamil rebels. 75. Blackburn are without a point from their two group games so far and probably need nine to stand a chance of making the quarter-finals. 76. Brazil bring back World Cup goalkeeper Claudio Taffarel, suspended for the first two matches, for the last group B game against Colombia on Thursday. 77. Bulgaria should go through to the second round if they restrict Argentina to a single goal in their final group game. 78. But skipper Hansie Cronje took some of the gloss off his recovery by warning de Villiers he was not an automatic choice for the crunch group B game. 79. Bulgaria and France are atop Group B but who goes through to the quarter-finals will only be decided on the final group games. 80. But he will finally get into the action after being named on Friday in the side for the final group one game against outsiders South Africa at Headingley. |
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