England’s Italian manager Fabio Capbello would love to see an ‘England vs. Italy’ World Cup final this summer. Capello took over from Steve McLaren after England failed to qualify for Euro 2008, losing 3-2 to Croatia at Wembley in November 2007. Marcello Lippi has recently claimed that he would like to see the Anglo Italian clash so that he can see his rival’s reaction to the Italian national anthem.
FIFA have stated that they are not worried about the lagging demand of World Cup tickets for this summer’s tournament in South Africa. There have been reports that FIFA are willing to ‘give away’ tickets to South African’s in an attempt to fill stadiums. World Cup organisers also slammed critics of the tournament who insist that South Africa’s crime rate will be a major problem.
The groups were drawn yesterday in South Africa for next year’s World Cup Finals, the nineteenth World Cup. FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke and South African actress Charlize Theron drew the teams out and placed hosts South Africa in a group with 1998 World Cup Winners France, 1930 & 1950 World Cup Winners Uruguay and Mexico. The opening match will be between South Africa and Mexico on June 11th 2010.
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