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Compendium to the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup-Part 2 (Squads Group B)
1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Squads:I. Group B:Brazil: (1997 Copa America Winners)Goalkeepers:1- Nelson de Jesus Silva ‘Dida’(Cruzeiro Esporte Clube- Belo Horizonte) (October 7, 1973, Irará, Bahia)...
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Compendium to the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup-Part 3 (Group A)
1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Matches:Group A:Sunday, July 25, 1999 (Mexico City, Bolivia 2-Egypt 2) Sunday, July 25, 1999 (Mexico City, Mexico 5-Saudi Arabia 1) Tuesday, July 27, 1999 (Mexico City,...
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Compendium to the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup-Part 4 (Group B)
1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Matches:Group B:Saturday, July 24, 1999 (Guadalajara, Brazil 4-Germany 0) Saturday, July 24, 1999 (Guadalajara, New Zealand 1-USA 2) Wednesday, July 28, 1999 (Guadalajara,...
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Compendium to the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup-Part 5 (Semifinals and Finals)
1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Matches:Semifinals:Sunday, August 1, 1999 (Mexico City, Mexico 1-USA 0) (Golden goal)Sunday, August 1, 1999 (Guadalajara, Brazil 8-Saudi Arabia 2) Third Place:Tuesday,...
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CONMEBOL Copa America-Part Six (1995)
The 37th Edition of the Copa America was held in Uruguay in July 1995, one year after the 1994 World Cup.The hosts had been in a state of negativity ever since the end of the 1990 World Cup and the...
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Compendium to the 1995 CONMEBOL Copa America-Part 1 (Squads Group A)
1995 CONMEBOL Copa America Squads:I. Group A:Uruguay: Goalkeepers:1- Fernando Harry AlvezMosquera (Club Atlético River Plate- Montevideo) (September 4, 1959, Montevideo) (age 35 years at the...
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Compendium to the 1995 CONMEBOL Copa America-Part 2 (Squads Group B)
1995 CONMEBOL Copa America Squads:II. Group B:Brazil: Goalkeepers:1- Cláudio André Mergen ‘Taffarel’ (Clube Atlético Mineiro- Belo Horizonte) (May 8, 1966, Santa Rosa) (age 29 years at the time)12-...
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Compendium to the 1995 CONMEBOL Copa America-Part 3 (Squads Group C)
1995 CONMEBOL Copa America Squads:III. Group C:Argentina: Goalkeepers:1- Rolando Hernan Cristante (Club Atletico Platense- Buenos Aires) (September 16, 1969, La Plata) (age 28 years at the time)12-...
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Compendium to the 1995 CONMEBOL Copa America-Part 4 (Group A)
1995 CONMEBOL Copa America Matches:Group A:Wednesday, July 5, 1995 (Montevideo, Uruguay 4-Venezuela 1) Thursday, July 6, 1995 (Maldonado, Paraguay 2-Mexico 1) Sunday, July 9, 1995 (Montevideo, Uruguay...
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Compendium to the 1995 CONMEBOL Copa America-Part 5 (Group B)
1995 CONMEBOL Copa America Matches:Group B:Friday, July 7, 1995 (Rivera, Colombia 1-Peru 1) Friday, July 7, 1995 (Rivera, Brazil 1-Ecuador 0) Monday, July 10, 1995 (Rivera, Colombia 1-Ecuador 0)...
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Compendium to the 1995 CONMEBOL Copa America-Part 6 (Group C)
1995 CONMEBOL Copa America Matches:Group C:Saturday, July 8, 1995 (Paysandu, USA 2-Chile 1) Saturday, July 8, 1995 (Paysandu, Argentina 2-Bolivia 1) Tuesday, July 11, 1995 (Paysandu, Bolivia 1-USA 0)...
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Compendium to the 1995 CONMEBOL Copa America-Part 7 (Quarterfinals)
1995 CONMEBOL Copa America Quarterfinal Matches:Quarterfinals:Sunday, July 16, 1995 (Montevideo, Colombia 1-Paraguay 1) (5-4 pk shoot-out)Sunday, July 16, 1995 (Montevideo, Uruguay 2-Bolivia 1) Monday,...
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Compendium to the 1995 CONMEBOL Copa America-Part 8 (Semifinals and Final)
1995 CONMEBOL Copa America Semifinals and Final Matches:Semifinals:Wednesday, July 19, 1995 (Montevideo, Uruguay 2-Colombia 0) Thursday, July 20, 1995 (Maldonado, Brazil 1-USA 0) Third Place:Saturday,...
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Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast-Episode 3
This is the third episode of my podcast with Mr. Paul Whittle of https://the1888letter.com/, @1888letter.We will take a look at an old soccer magazine and discuss and relay our memories and anecdotes...
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Preparations of a Host (or Defending Champion)-Part Two (Italy 1988/90)-Part...
Azeglio Vicini was appointed as Italy Manager in the aftermath of the 1986 World Cup and the reign of Enzo Bearzot. Vicini had been in the National Team set-up for many years. He had been Assistant to...
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Preparations of a Host (or Defending Champion)-Part Two (Italy 1988/90)-Part...
II. 1988/89 season (Spring 1989)Italy’s first friendly of the new year (1989) was at Pisa vs. Denmark. Vicini maintained his defensive formation (along with a substitute appearance by Ferrara). While...
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Preparations of a Host (or Defending Champion)-Part Two (Italy 1988/90)-Part...
III. 1989/90 season (Fall 1989)Preparatory Friendly match Number 9-Bulgaria (September 20, 1989, Cesena)Italy started the new season that would culminate with the World Cup on September 20thvs....
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Preparations of a Host (or Defending Champion)-Part Two (Italy 1988/90)-Part...
IV. 1989/90 season (Spring 1990)Preparatory Friendly match Number 14-Holland (February 21, 1990, Rotterdam)Italy went into final stretch of the preparation facing Holland on February 21stat Rotterdam...
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Compendium to Preparations of Italy for 1990 World Cup-part one (The Players)
Players selected in the Preparation phasePlayer NamePositionClubDate of Birth/DeathAge at the time1Walter Zenga GoalkeeperInternazionale Football Club- MilanoApril 28, 1960, Milan28-302Giuseppe Bergomi...
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Compendium to Preparations of Italy for 1990 World Cup-part two (Fall 1988)
I. 1988/89 Season (Fall 1988)October 19, 1988 (Pescara, Italy 2-Norway 1)November 16, 1988 (Roma, Italy 1-Holand 0)December 22, 1988 (Perugia, Italy 2-Scotland 0)Italy squad: (named in October 14,...
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