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The FIFA World Cup trophy is on display after its unveiling during a press conference at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. The trophy arrived in Kuala Lumpur Wednesday as a part of its world tour. FIFA World Cup
In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, Slovenia's President Danilo Turk, right, shakes hands with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev as they meet at the half-time break during Russia against Slovenia World Cup soccer qualifying playoff second leg match in Maribor, Slovenia. Slovenia surprised Russia with its attacking game and earned itself a place at next year's World Cup finals in South Africa, eliminating Russia on the away goals rule. Russia won 2-1 in Moscow on Saturday, but Slovenia's 1-0 win was enough to secure its berth to South Africa. Slovenia national football team
FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2008 file photo Serbia's soccer fans clash during a Serbian national soccer league derby between Crvena Zvezda (Red Star) and Partizan, in Belgrade, Serbia. A Serbian journalist says she has received death threats after exposing dozens of unpunished crimes linked to the nationalist-backed football fan groups, following last week's airing of her popular documentary. Serbia national football team
Republic of Ireland head coach Giovanni Trappatoni, center, and Russia's head coach Guus Hiddink, right, chat as Andorra head coach Koldo Alvarez, left, watches during the Euro 2012 soccer championship qualifying draw in Warsaw, Sunday Feb. 7, 2010. The qualifying campaign for the 2012 European soccer championships, that will be jointly hosted by Poland and Ukraine, gets underway in September 2010. Guus Hiddink
Fernando Torres of Spain (C) vies with Sargis Hovsepyan (L) and Hrar Mkoyan (R) of Armenia during their FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying football match in Yerevan on October 10, 2009. Spain national football team
BERLIN - FEBRUARY 04: FIFA 2011 Organizing Committee President Steffi Jones talks to US Ambassador Philip D. Murphy during their appointment at the US Embassy on February 4, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. FIFA
Soccer players Marta from Brazil, Kelly Smith from England, and Christiane from Brazil, from left, are seen after a press conference ahead of the FIFA World Player Gala 2009 in Zurich, Switzerland, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. The two other nominated female players Inka Grings and Birgit Prinz did not show up in the press conference. Brazil national football team
Chelsea's John Terry reacts at the end of their English Premier League soccer match against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge, London, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. 20 7864 9121 or EMAIL info@football-dataco.com FOR DETAILS. Chelsea F.C.
ZURICH - SWITZERLAND - DECEMBER 21 : Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo receives the FIFA Fair Play trophy 2009 from the hands of Elisabeth Puskas and Georges Weah during the FIFA World Player Gala 2009 at the Kongresshaus on December 21, 2009 in Zurich, Switzerland. Portugal national football team
France national football team's coach Raymond Domenech (R) and French assistant coach Pierre Mankowski (L) look as the players during a training, on October 13, 2009 in Clairefontaine, southern Paris, on the eve of their World Cup 2010 the World Cup 2010 qualifying football match against Austria. France national football team
Models present the jerseys of the national soccer teams of Mexico, left, Argentina, 3rd from left, Japan, right, and Germany for the upcoming soccer World Cup in South Africa during a promotion show of sport supplier Adidas in Herzogenaurach, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Germany national football team
MADRID, SPAIN - JANUARY 29: Singer King Africa attends 'The Princess and the Frog' premiere at the Capitol Cinema on January 29, 2010 in Madrid, Spain. Africa
In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, fireworks explode over the People's Square in Giuyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province early Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007, the New Year's Day on China's lunar calendar. China
New Jersey Devils defenseman Anssi Salmela (29) of Finland is helped off the ice after being injured in the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Philadelphia. Finland
In this May 31, 2007 file photo, Norilsk Nickel's former director Mikhail Prokhorov speaks at a news conference in Moscow. Prokhorov, the playboy metals and banking billionaire who sold his stake in mining company Norilsk Nickel early last year, moved up from seventh place to top the list with a fortune of USD 14.1 billion, down from USD 21.5 billion a year ago, Russian business magazine Finans said Monday, Feb. 16, 2009. Norilsk Nickel
MILAN, ITALY - JANUARY 26: Joey Tempest of Europe performs on stage at The Palalido on January 26, 2010 in Milan, Italy. Europe
PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 14: Yuji Nakazawa(#22) and Junichi Inamoto(#5)of Japan and South Africa team start line up the international friendly match between South Africa and Japan at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on November 14, 2009 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Japan national football team
Graphic released by Australian paleontologist Adam Yates, based at the University of the Witwatersrand, on Wednesday Nov. 11, 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa, shows a newly discovered dinosaur species that roamed the Earth about 200 million years ago which may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land. Fossils, marked on the outline, were found in the town of Senekal, near Bethlehem in the Northern Free State, in South Africa. Australia national football team

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Former Polish soccer star Andrzej Szarmach shows the ticket of Russia, during the drawing of the qualifying games for the 2012 European soccer championships, at the Palace of Culture in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The qualifying campaign for the Euro 2012 soccer championships, that will be jointly hosted by Poland and Ukraine, gets underway in September 2010.

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Former Polish soccer star Andrzej Szarmach shows the ticket of Russia, during the drawing of the qualifying games for the 2012 European soccer championships, at the Palace of Culture in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The qualifying campaign for the Euro 2012 soccer championships, that will be jointly hosted by Poland and Ukraine, gets underway in September 2010.

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From left, FIFA president Sepp Blatter, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, who was the Russian Football Union president in 2005-2009, and UEFA president Michel Platini seen after Russia's Rubin Kazan victory over Kazakhstans's Aktobe at their final soccer match of the 18th CIS and Baltic Cup match in Moscow, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010. Blatter was on a three-day visit to Russia for the CIS and Baltic Cup. The cup, for clubs from the former Soviet Union, now the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Baltic states, was first played in 1992.

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From left, FIFA president Sepp Blatter, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, who was the Russian Football Union president in 2005-2009, and UEFA president Michel Platini seen after Russia's Rubin Kazan victory over Kazakhstans's Aktobe at their final soccer match of the 18th CIS and Baltic Cup match in Moscow, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010. Blatter was on a three-day visit to Russia for the CIS and Baltic Cup. The cup, for clubs from the former Soviet Union, now the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Baltic states, was first played in 1992.

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Russian Sports Minister Vladimir Mutko, left, and FIFA President Sepp Blatter seen before a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010.

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Russian Sports Minister Vladimir Mutko, left, and FIFA President Sepp Blatter seen before a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010.

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Russian Sports Minister Vladimir Mutko, left, and FIFA President Sepp Blatter seen before a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010.

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Russian Sports Minister Vladimir Mutko, left, and FIFA President Sepp Blatter seen before a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, shakes hands with FIFA President Sepp Blatter during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, shakes hands with FIFA President Sepp Blatter during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010.

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"We did not discuss my future with the national team ... My contract is up in July and I will concentrate on the team until then with pleasure."


Guus Hiddink Feb 09 2010 1:25 AM from Irish Examiner

"I know a lot of the Welsh team - they are good, young players. It will be interesting. Derbies are never normal games"


Fabio Capello Feb 08 2010 8:03 PM from Newstrack India

"I think every game will be really tough"


Fabio Capello Feb 07 2010 10:56 PM from ABC Online

"Wales is a really good team, very young and a derby is never a normal game"


Fabio Capello Feb 07 2010 10:56 PM from ABC Online

"First we need to deal with the World Cup ... It is really great that we will play against Hungary (coached by Dutchman Eric Koeman). That makes that match really a bit more interesting."


Bert van Marwijk Feb 07 2010 3:46 PM from Sports Illustrated

"I prefer a smaller group because I play less games but the group is really tough ... All these four opponents are really dangerous. There is big confidence in my team."


Fabio Capello Feb 07 2010 3:46 PM from Sports Illustrated

"It's my first derby as manager of the national team, it will be interesting. They are a good young team ... It is a tough group because all the games will be strong games to play."


Fabio Capello Feb 07 2010 3:46 PM from Sports Illustrated

"With Germany and Turkey, we have two top teams ... These are two teams which we can annoy or even beat on a very good day ... Our goal remains the same: we must have the will to reach the unrealistic -- the qualification."


Feb 07 2010 3:46 PM from Sports Illustrated

"The fact that Russia is pot one means everyone can consider us as favourites, and you must not walk away from being favourites ... I'm not shutting my eyes to that failure; we cannot lean back just because we are favourites, no way."


Guus Hiddink Feb 07 2010 2:52 PM from FourFourTwo.com

"I've got to concede that Spain are the obvious favourites while Lithuania and Liechtenstein shouldn't be a problem"


Craig Brown (footballer) Feb 07 2010 12:16 PM from Guardian Unlimited
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Former Polish soccer star Andrzej Szarmach shows the ticket of Russia, during the drawing of the qualifying games for the 2012 European soccer championships, at the Palace of Culture in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The qualifying campaign for the Euro 2012 soccer championships, that will be jointly hosted by Poland and Ukraine, gets underway in September 2010.

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Former Polish soccer star Andrzej Szarmach shows the ticket of Russia, during the drawing of the qualifying games for the 2012 European soccer championships, at the Palace of Culture in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The qualifying campaign for the Euro 2012 soccer championships, that will be jointly hosted by Poland and Ukraine, gets underway in September 2010.

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From left, FIFA president Sepp Blatter, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, who was the Russian Football Union president in 2005-2009, and UEFA president Michel Platini seen after Russia's Rubin Kazan victory over Kazakhstans's Aktobe at their final soccer match of the 18th CIS and Baltic Cup match in Moscow, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010. Blatter was on a three-day visit to Russia for the CIS and Baltic Cup. The cup, for clubs from the former Soviet Union, now the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Baltic states, was first played in 1992.

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From left, FIFA president Sepp Blatter, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, who was the Russian Football Union president in 2005-2009, and UEFA president Michel Platini seen after Russia's Rubin Kazan victory over Kazakhstans's Aktobe at their final soccer match of the 18th CIS and Baltic Cup match in Moscow, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010. Blatter was on a three-day visit to Russia for the CIS and Baltic Cup. The cup, for clubs from the former Soviet Union, now the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Baltic states, was first played in 1992.

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Russian Sports Minister Vladimir Mutko, left, and FIFA President Sepp Blatter seen before a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010.

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Russian Sports Minister Vladimir Mutko, left, and FIFA President Sepp Blatter seen before a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010.

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Russian Sports Minister Vladimir Mutko, left, and FIFA President Sepp Blatter seen before a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010.

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Russian Sports Minister Vladimir Mutko, left, and FIFA President Sepp Blatter seen before a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, shakes hands with FIFA President Sepp Blatter during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, shakes hands with FIFA President Sepp Blatter during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010.

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