JAPAN: SOCCER/FOOTBALL - Boca Juniors gear up for match aginst African champions at FIFA Club World Cup

Record ID: 465082

  • Title: JAPAN: SOCCER/FOOTBALL - Boca Juniors gear up for match aginst African champions at FIFA Club World Cup
  • Date: 12th December 2007
  • Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (DECEMBER 11, 2007) (REUTERS) WIDE OF FOOTBALL FIELD MARTIN PALERMO AND HUGO IBARRA DOING WARM-UP EXERCISES EVER BANEGA STRETCHING EXERCISE BOCA SQUAD JOGGING PALERMO RUNNING WIDE OF PRACTICE GAME RODRIGO PALACIO HUGO IBARRA JUAN ROMAN RIQUELME LAUGHING WITH BOCA STAFF AUDIENCE WIDE OF BOCA SQUAD TO BOCA COACH MIGUEL ANGEL RUSSO TACTICAL TRAINING CAMERA OPERATORS MORE OF COACH RUSSO LEADING TACTICAL TRAINING WIDE OF FIELD AND SUPPORTERS
  • Embargoed: 27th December 2007 12:00
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  • Location: Japan
  • Country: Japan
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA1HM03BIFNK9KIZKY1P2OSZJHN
  • Story Text: South American champions Boca Juniors trained for two hours in Tokyo Wednesday afternoon (December 11) ahead of the team's first match in the FIFA Club World Cup.
    The Argentinean squad's coach Miguel Angel Russo has promised to tear apart Tunisian opponent Etoile Sahel's defence in Wednesday's semi-final.
    Barring any major upsets, Boca are expected to face Italy's AC Milan in the final of the seven-team tournament in Yokohama on Sunday. Milan face Japan's Urawa Reds on Thursday.
    Even Etoile coach Bertrand Marchand admitted Wednesday's match in Tokyo was almost a case of mission impossible for the African Champions League winners.
    Marchand offered similar praise to Mexico's Pachuca before his young side produced an upset 1-0 win in their opening match at the weekend. But Etoile realistically have little chance of achieving a shock victory over Boca.
    Boca won the Club World Cup's forerunner, a one-off game between the champions of Europe and South America, three times, the last time beating Milan on penalties in 2003.
    Argentina starJuan Roman Riquelme is ineligible after missing FIFA's entry deadline following his return to Boca from Spanish side Villarreal.
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