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    Belarus coach Stange plots England downfall

    Tuesday, October 14, 2008

    Belarus coach Bernd Stange is hoping to build on football's recent wave of popularity in the former Soviet republic and inspire an unlikely success in their World Cup qualifier against England in Minsk on Wednesday night. Belarusian football is enjoying its most successful period with the national team having reached its highest FIFA ranking, 57th, last month while club side BATE Borisov are competing in the Champions League group stage for the first time. It has created a surge of popularity ...

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