GERMANY: Argentine striker Carlos Tevez says Germany have to improve their game to beat his team.

Record ID: 447762

  • Title: GERMANY: Argentine striker Carlos Tevez says Germany have to improve their game to beat his team.
  • Date: 27th June 2006
  • Summary: NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) CARLOS TEVEZ (WHEN ASKED ABOUT WHETHER HE WILL BE THE STAR STRIKER) SAYS: "First of all we have to think about the team and not about myself, secondly in the last Copa America I was on the bench and ended up playing in the last three matches at high level. I'm here to help and if I come on I will give it all I can because I don't know whether I'll take part in another World Cup" PHOTOGRAPHER (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) LIONEL MESSI SAYS: "How will Argentina play ? With a lot of calm, touching the ball as we have been doing. I think we already showed that we are doing all right and we can face any opponent" (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) CARLOS TEVEZ SAYS: "I think it will be a very difficult match. They (Germany) would like to beat us. They are at home, but Argentina will not feel small at any moment. We might ruin their day, but we have to play our game" NEWS CONFERENCE
  • Embargoed: 12th July 2006 13:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA5YOOJN4EEJRGB38JKPAMK6HU9
  • Story Text: Argentina striker Carlos Tevez warned Germany on Tuesday (June 27) that they would have to up their game in the World Cup quarter-final in Berlin on Friday (June 30).
    He told a news conference in Herzogebaurach that great players rise to the occasion in big matches, that Argentina had many and Germany would have to show more than they have so far in the tournament to beat them.
    Tevez also rejected suggestions that he was the star striker, saying he was just in Germany to help.
    Lionel Messi told the same news conference that Argentina was doing all right and could take on any opponent.
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