BELGIUM: ITALIAN COACH DINO ZOFF EXPRESSES ADMIRATION FOR TURKEY'S 2-0 VICTORY OVER CO-HOSTS BELGIUM IN EURO 2000 CHAMPIONSHIPS GROUP B MATCH

Record ID: 590771

  • Title: BELGIUM: ITALIAN COACH DINO ZOFF EXPRESSES ADMIRATION FOR TURKEY'S 2-0 VICTORY OVER CO-HOSTS BELGIUM IN EURO 2000 CHAMPIONSHIPS GROUP B MATCH
  • Date: 20th June 2000
  • Summary: GEEL, BELGIUM (JUNE 20, 2000) (REUTERS - NO ACCESS THAILAND, INTERNET) 1. ITALIAN COACH DINO ZOFF ARRIVING AT PRESSROOM 2. WIDE PRESS 3. WIDE PRESSROOM 4. SOUNDBITE (Italian) ITALIAN COACH DINO ZOFF: "We found a Turkish team in the first game that was so so. But then we saw how strong it really was. In the first game we were surprised a bit, but then they qualified. So they are adversaries to fear." 5. WIDE PRESSROOM Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 5th July 2000 13:00
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  • Location: GEEL, BELGIUM
  • Country: Belgium
  • Reuters ID: LVADWSN33PDXKX22SJIYXKX29597
  • Story Text: Italian coach Dino Zoff expressed his admiration for
    Turkey who surprised co-hosts Belgium 2-0 on Monday (June 19)
    to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Euro 2000 soccer
    championships.



    Zoff's side won all their three matches in Group B,
    but probably their toughest test came against Turkey in their
    opening game on June 11 which Italy won 2-1 thanks to a
    controversial penalty.

    Zoff, speaking at a news conference in Geel, Belgium on
    Tuesday (June 20), said:
    "We found a Turkish team in the first game that was so
    so," he said. "But then we saw how strong it really was. In
    the first game we were surprised a bit, but then they
    qualified. So they are adversaries to fear."
    Turkey will meet Portugal in the quarter-finals in
    Amsterdam, Netherlands on Saturday (June 24) while Italy will
    meet either England, Romania or Germany in Brussels, Belgium
    the same day.





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