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Robert Prosinecki. He scored for Yugoslavia in 1990 and for Croatia in 1998.
Belgrade . Red Star Belgrade (1990 European champions) has the stadium called 'Marakana' which can take up to 100,000 spectators.
| Who scored for Italy in their 3rd group match against Mexico in the 1994 World Cup in Washington, which finished in a 1-1 draw? | Football Interesting Ones
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Daniele Massaro. He scored his only goal of the tournament that gave Italy the second round. He also missed a penalty shot in the final against Brazil.
| In which years there was no Intercontinental Cup? (Toyota Cup: European Champions v. South American Champions | Football Interesting Ones
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1975 and 1978. There was no Intercontinental Cup in 1975 and 1978.
Kennet Andersson. He scored the 4th goal in Sweden's 4-0 win over Bulgaria in the 3rd place play-off on the day before the final.
| How many goals did Andriy Shevchenko score in 2000-2001 Champions League qualifications? (preliminary round) | Football Interesting Ones
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four. He scored 2 goals in both A.C. Milan-Dinamo Zagreb matches(6-1).
| If a player takes a throw-in and he scores an own goal directly from that throw-in, what will happen? | Football Interesting Ones
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corner kick. You can't score an own goal directly from a throw-in because the referee has to give a corner to the opponents.
Benitez . Benitez in the game against Bulgaria, and Arce in the game against Spain.
Paraguay. Their first goal against Nigeria was scored after 54 seconds by Celso Ayala.
| Who missed 3 penalties for Argentina in the 1999 Copa America match against Colombia? | World Football
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Martin Palermo. He hit the bar, put one over the bar and had one saved!!
| Why was Willie Henderson absent from the Rangers line up for the 1962 tie against Standard Liege? | World Football
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Missed the kick off after heavy traffic held him up in Glasgow.
| Who was voted the best player in the 2000 King Hussein Cup? | World Football
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| Which goalkeeper replaced the injured Gianluigi Buffon in the Italy Squad for Euro 2000? | World Football
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| How many of Norway's Euro 2000 squad played their club football in Britain at the time of the tournament? | World Football
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10. Vidar Riseth has since left Britain and now plays in Germany.
| Which club play their home matches at the Ali Sami Yen stadium? | World Football
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Galatasaray. You all should know that!
Cesar Sampiao. In the opening game against Scotland. Brazil won 2-1.
| Who won the first ever Champion's League tournament (after it became a group and knockout tournament)? | World Football
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Marseille. Basile Boli scored the winning goal as they beat Milan 1-0.
| Which English club did Rangers beat in the Champions League qualifying rounds in 1992? | World Football
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Leeds United. Rangers won 4-2 over the two legs.
| Which club lost to Real Madrid in the first ever European Cup final? | World Football
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Celtic. Celtic Park holds just over 60,000.
| Who was the only player based in Scotland named in the FIFA top 50 players in the world? | World Football
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Sweden 1958. He was only 17 at the time!
Everton. Everton, because Lineker joined his next club Barcelona after the World Cup 1986, where picked up another award too.
1958. That is when Pele was first released to the world in 1958 at the age of 17, while in club career playing for Santos in Brazil.
8. Chris Waddle played for only for 8 different English clubs. They were Tow Law Town, Newcastle United Tottenham Hotspur, Sheffield Wednesday, Bradford, Sunderland, Burnley, and Torquay.
Michael Owen. Micheal Owen was the other player to share second in with Andrew Cole and Nicolas Anelka, who ended the 1998/99 season each with 17 League goals.
Ian Rush and Eric Cantona. When Cantona moved from Marseille to Montpellier he went for cash, and when Rush moved from Chester to Liverpool, it was for the same price as Cantona transfer fee.
| In the rules of football, when a player is sent off, another player cannot come as sub for that player that has been sent off, but has this rule been Broken yet by a football team? | World Football Players, Rules, Cups
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Yes. Tranmere Rovers broke this rule in Fa Cup matches in 1999/2000 season, when verus Sunderland in the 5th round of the Cup. Tranmere Rovers had a player sent off, then brought on a sub for the player been sent off.
Barcelona and PSV. Both Ronaldo and Romario have only played for these two European clubs in their career, which they did in the early 1990s.
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