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Guardian and Observer Editorial 10 The Guardian | Wednesday June 21 2006 World Cup Holland v Argentina Digger Paul Kelso at the World Cup England frontline troops dream of news from western front A request from the England camp for sees the tape as a way of helping lift the news of how their World Cup mood. News 24 readily agreed and is in performances are going down back the process of putting together a 30- home has prompted BBC News 24 to minute compilation of scenes from the adjust its schedules tomorrow night. UK over the past fortnight as well as Steve McClaren, Sven-Goran interviews with the great and the good. Eriksson’s assistant and successor, Tony Blair is among those being approached the BBC to ask if there was approached to send a good-luck any way of giving the squad a sense of message to the squad, who will watch the mood in the UK to help motivate the programme over dinner tomorrow them during preparations at their night courtesy of a News 24 feed into the mountain-top training camp. schloss. The program will take the place With the players largely cut off from of the channel’s nightly World Cup news from home, the Baden-Baden round-up and be shown at 6.30pm BST, pantomime notwithstanding, McClaren 7.30pm in Baden-Baden. Ministers out in force as consigned to history. Fans should be judged on their behaviour not their Brown hits the stump reputation”. Twelve hours later police were dealing with the first significant How many government ministers does it incident of the tournament. take to watch a football match? The answer is three if England are playing and one of them is worried about No flags. It’s the wrong winning a general election before the next World Cup comes around. kind of patriotism The chancellor Gordon Brown led a British government delegation including On its return to Berkshire, Royal Ascot his colleagues Tessa Jowell and the is trying hard to restore its reputation as foreign office minister David Triesman the sniffiest event on the sporting to Cologne yesterday, where he stepped calendar. Racegoers arriving yesterday up his campaign to convince the with England flags had them confis- electorate that he’s not that Scottish cated by security staff operating after all. under instructions from course The chancellor took a look at the ball management. “It’s just a question of from the 1966 World Cup final, on decorum. We want to preserve the display in the city having been essence of the event,” said a transported overnight from the National spokeswoman before having a crack Football Museum in Preston. That was a at explaining why the national anthem game most of his compatriots preferred was acceptable but flag-waving was to avoid, Denis Law famously playing not: “Today is definitely about golf rather than watch. Brown would patriotism but perhaps celebrating it in a have us believe he is far less partisan and different way. It’s just not really the he has virtually made an English bid for place for it.” the 2018 World Cup a campaign pledge, causing some bemusement at the FA. Swedish success boosts No stereotypes please, Perryman’s pocket we’re British Sweden’s large band of supporters are proving good business for Steve Britain’s gaffe-prone ambassador to Perryman, the former Tottenham and Germany Sir Peter Torry has undergone England defender whose sports travel a Damascene conversion since last company is one of the largest in week’s match in Nuremberg. Then he Scandinavia. Scores of Sweden shirts described England’s supporters as “fat emblazoned with Steve Perryman Travel and uncouth” but yesterday he told a were evident on the streets of Cologne Cologne newspaper that “the old yesterday. stereotypes about English football fans no longer apply and they should be [email protected] What a result! Argentina tread a fine yellow li npower is cheaper than British Gas... the option of calling in players such as Angola will be decided in the afternoon. A draw will keep Argentina Lionel Messi, Carlos Tevez and Pablo But Pekerman and Van Basten’s plans will on top with both teams Aimar, none of whom started the 6–0 win have been set up by then. A Holland game over Serbia & Montenegro, so it promises against Portugal would be a repeat of their anxious not to lose men to be a testing night for a Dutch back four Euro 2004 semi-final which Portugal won. for the second round that is expected to show three changes. “We still have something to settle with Andre Ooijer is the only first-choice Portugal,” Arjen Robben said. “But it defender not carrying a booking. doesn’t matter who we will face.” Jon Brodkin Frankfurt The teams will know three hours before Argentina need only a draw to top the kick-off in Frankfurt what lies in wait for group because of their superior goal dif- the group winners and runners-up ference but insist they will play to win. As Anyone searching for evidence of whether because the fate of Portugal, Mexico and well as most likely leaving out Hernan Argentina have peaked too soon or Holland have the defensive strength to Holland v Argentina 8pm ITV1 Group C mount a serious World Cup challenge will do well not to leap to conclusions on the basis of this evening’s match. Both teams Venue Waldstadion, Frankfurt Referee Luis Medina Cantalejo (Sp) Matches 1 Y4, R1, 6.00 cards Weather 22° are set to make widespread changes hav- per game Odds Holland 11-4 Argentina 11-10 Draw 11-5 Radio Radio 5, Talksport Clear and mild ing secured second-round places. 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