11.  The club has struggled in midfield since selling Vlado Labant and Martin Hasek and three more players, including key striker Libor Sionko are injured.

12.  The main concern for Sunday is an injury to key striker Daniel Fonseca, who was carried off after scoring in the quarterfinal against Bolivia.

13.  The leaders lost key striker Mario Jardel in the first half when the Brazilian picked up his second yellow card.

14.  However Dortmund have lost their key striker from Switzerland Stephane Chapuisat through injury for the rest of the season.

15.  But injuries to key strikers upset their league run-in.

16.  This World Cup warm-up match for the north African side also saw the return to the squad of key striker Adel Sellimi who plays for German side SC Freiburg.

17.  Wales boss Bobby Gould will give key striker Mark Hughes until the very last minute to prove his fitness for their decisive group seven World Cup qualifier against Belgium.

18.  Leicester City, who have lost their first two English Premiership matches, had more bad news on Wednesday over an injury to key striker Steve Walsh.

19.  The explosive quarter-final with Croatia left them with key striker Jurgen Klinsmann and his young partner Fredi Bobic on a growing casualty list.

20.  The leaders had been hampered by injuries to key strikers Ginaluca Vialli and Fabrizio Ravanelli.