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    Maradona fears injuries before Brazil crunch

    Reuters

    Wednesday, August 5, 2009

    Any injuries suffered by Argentina in a friendly in Russia next week could have a "catastrophic" effect on September's World Cup qualifier against Brazil, coach Diego Maradona said on Wednesday. "I don't want to take any risks for the match against Brazil, we're 20 days away," said Maradona, who takes his team to Moscow next Wednesday without the injured Juan Sebastian Veron and Carlos Tevez. "For one of our players to get hurt would be catastrophic and give Brazil much more of a chance," Mara ...

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