UNITED STATES: GERMAN COACH ERICH RIBBECK GIVES REACTION FOLLOWING HIS SIDES DRAW 3-3 WITH COLOMBIA IN INTERNATIONAL SOCCER FRIENDLY IN MIAMI

Record ID: 337861

  • Title: UNITED STATES: GERMAN COACH ERICH RIBBECK GIVES REACTION FOLLOWING HIS SIDES DRAW 3-3 WITH COLOMBIA IN INTERNATIONAL SOCCER FRIENDLY IN MIAMI
  • Date: 9th February 1999
  • Summary: MIAMI, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (FEBRUARY 09, 1999) (REUTERS' ROBY SAYAN) 1. EXTERIOR OF ORANGE BOWL (VARIOUS) 2. FANS BEFORE MATCH (VARIOUS) 3. GERMAN COACH ERICH RIBBECK ENTERS NEWS CONFERENCE HALL 4. (SOUNDBITE) (GERMAN) RIBBECK SAYS the Colombian team were no different to the U.S. team in being all or nothing. They are excellent technically... We had our chances during the game. (audio indistinct) 5. REPORTERS 6. (SOUNDBITE) (GERMAN) RIBBECK SAYS our players are older than the Colombians. The team we were playing was made up of new players and were not playing in that configuration six months ago. (audio indistinct) 7. RIBBECK WITH REPORTERS AT END OF NEWS CONFERENCE Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 24th February 1999 12:00
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  • Location: MIAMI, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA35GVXUT5MCZRXBGUC6JX2091S
  • Story Text: The German national soccer team tied 3-3 with Colombia
    in Miami's Orange Bowl in a friendly match as the German coach
    explained they were ambushed by two sides fieldly experimental
    squads they could not prepare for.

    The match on Tuesday (February 09) was the last match
    of Germany's United States tour, in which they lost to the
    hosts 3-0 and tied 3-3 with Colombia.Faustino Asprilla for
    Colombia and Michael Preetz of Germany scored two goals each
    in the electrifying match watched by close to 40,000 fans.

    After the match, German coach Erich Ribbeck analyzed his
    team and said he felt at ease with his decision to use a
    combination of young and old players in matches.

    Ribbeck said the Colombian team were both all of nothing
    as were the American side.He said the Colombians were
    "technically excellent" and experimenting with a new
    configuration they had not used six months before.
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