91.   - Will the heat take its toll on veteran Irish defender Steve Staunton?

92.   A team spokesman said Friday that the veteran defender and striker Choi Yong-Soo were both being treated for injuries.

93.   Alessandro Del Piero added another while after the break veteran defender Ciro Ferrara and Dutchman Edgar Davids got in on the act.

94.   Aguirre and his fellow Mexicans will be particularly anxious to ensure that veteran defender Claudio Suarez recovers from a leg fracture that threatens his participation in Japan.

95.   Australian coach Frank Murray hit out at the disciplinary procedures after veteran defender Ken Wark picked up his first yellow card against Spain.

96.   Both teams made swift attacks and Pakistan earned their second goal nine minutes before half-time when veteran defender Danish Kaleem banged in a penalty corner.

97.   But the veteran defender insisted he would not ask to be excused as were some Chelsea players earlier in the season.

98.   Curiosity has overwhelmed even the staunchest bastions of resistance, none more so than Tobias Honscha, a young coin collector and veteran defender of the sacred mark.

99.   Ferguson said that the veteran French defender had not been responsible for any of the goals conceded by the champions this season.

100.   The visitors stole a point with a goal by veteran defender Domenico Di Carlo just after the break.