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    Running for the world

    By Andrew Downie

    Thursday, December 7, 2006

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Every football team has a player who personifies their side. He is usually a favourite with the fans. Often he fulfills a key role in the team. Sometimes he supported the club as a boy. Always he is willing to give his all. At Internacional that man is Fernandao. The burly striker scored one and laid on another when Inter beat Sao Paulo in the Copa Libertadores final in August and he will be hoping for more of the same in Japan next week when he leads his ...

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