GERMANY: SOCCER / FOOTBALL - Dutch fans arrive in Nuremberg for Sunday's World Cup game against Portugal

Record ID: 335524

  • Title: GERMANY: SOCCER / FOOTBALL - Dutch fans arrive in Nuremberg for Sunday's World Cup game against Portugal
  • Date: 25th October 2005
  • Summary: DUTCH FAN WITH NETHERLANDS FLAG PAINTED ON FACE SHOUTING "Hello I love you" INTO CAMERA AND WAVING FLAG DUTCH FANS DRINKING BEER AND SINGING
  • Embargoed: 9th November 2005 12:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVAF0VH9IQ1SOQTEL0A1EUSQWK4R
  • Story Text: Dutch fans have arrived in the Bavarian city of Nuremberg on Sunday morning (June 25) before their team plays Portugal in the World Cup at 9 p.m. (1900 GMT).
    Dressed in their national colour of orange, fans gathered in the old city's Hauptmarkt square, waving flags, drinking beer and expressing hope that their team will win over Portugal.
    "It will be fantastic. This will be a great game and we will win," Lui Beuss said.
    Susanna Wegeboom added "we will win, 100 percent sure, we'll win."
    Netherlands face Portugal in Nuremberg hoping to avenge a 2-1 semi-final defeat at Euro 2004.
    But it will not be easy against a Portuguese side who won all three first round games, albeit in a fairly easy group.
    The Dutch have not really been tested so far either since their only tough opponents have been Argentina who by the time they met had also already qualified.
    The winners of Sunday's two games will face each other on July 1 in the quarter-finals in Gelsenkirchen.
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