ARGENTINA: SOCCER/FOOTBALL: Argentine soccer team heads to Germany for the World Cup

Record ID: 447760

  • Title: ARGENTINA: SOCCER/FOOTBALL: Argentine soccer team heads to Germany for the World Cup
  • Date: 27th May 2006
  • Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (MAY 25, 2006) (REUTERS) TRAINING FIELD MAN LOOKING THROUGH BINOCULARS FANS WITH FLAGS WAITING FOR PLAYERS TO EXIT TRAINING CAMP (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) FAN 'CRISTINA' SAYING: "I come to wish them luck with the 1986 jersey -- to see if they repeat it." (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PEDRO ALEGRE, FAN, SAYING: "I came to see the team, to say goodbye and wish them luck, and, well, that we win, no?" VARIOUS OF FANS SINGING AT THE DOOR OF TRAINING CAMP BUS CARRYING TEAM AND TRAINERS TO AIRPORT FANS RUNNING BEHIND BUS CHILD WEARING ARGENTINA JERSEY BEING HELD BY FATHER BUSES HEADING TO EZEIZA AIRPORT
  • Embargoed: 11th June 2006 13:00
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  • Location: Argentina
  • Country: Argentina
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVAC8M6AUVTXEXFNEOD21HRP80G0
  • Story Text: Argentines sent their national team off to the World Cup on Thursday (May 25) with high hopes for a victory in Germany.
    Hundreds of fans flocked to the training field for a last glance at the team and a passionate South American send-off.
    Carrying the blue and white team jersey, Cristina said she is hopeful that the team will repeat their 1986 victory, when they beat Germany in the final match.
    "I come to wish them luck with the 1986 jersey-- to see if they repeat it," she said.
    Argentina fly to Rome and will spend several days preparing in Italy where they have a warm-up against Angola in Salerno on Tuesday (May 30) before moving on to their World Cup base near Nuremberg.
    The twice champions face Ivory Coast in their opening World Cup match in Hamburg on June 10 and then play Serbia & Montenegro and the Netherlands in Group C.
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