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    Argentina kick-off 'Road to Germany'

    By Brian Homewood

    Thursday, September 4, 2003

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 4 (Reuters) - The 2002 World Cup finished 433 days ago and the next final is still nearly three years away, but the qualifiers for the 2006 tournament get under way in South America on Saturday. The first ball will be kicked in Buenos Aires where twice champions Argentina, who provided one of the most spectacular flop of last year's tournament in South Korea and Japan, take on neighbours and arch-rivals Chile. Brazil, who beat Germany 2-0 in Yokohama on June 30 last year ...

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