En cinco oportunidades, selecciones participantes en la Copa del Mundo cambiaron sus tradicionales colores nacionales por los de un club. Imprevisión de los utileros, confusiones y homenajes permitieron estas curiosas historias, algunas desconocidas.
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Italia 1934
Austria enfrentaba a Alemania en Nápoles, en el partido por el tercer puesto.

The match between Algeria and West Germany in 1982 is perhaps as much remembered for the later match in the group between West Germany and Austria, one of the most disgracefil matches in world cup history that effectively left the excellent Algerian team out of the world cup in what smelled awfully as a fixed match between the two Germanic teams.

Regular readers of this blog know that I'm a big fan of Guus Hiddink. Mainly, because I've always backed his teams with cold hard cash and until Russia's failure to qualify for World Cup 2010, he has never let me down.Indeed, I decided against starting at Euro 2008 blog because I was so confident that England weren't going to qualify because they were in the same group as Hiddink's Russia and the

It's the lunchtime treat that will get you off your feet (and get your co-workers wondering what the hell is wrong with you every Monday)...We begin with the continued long distance adventures of NEC Nijmegen's John Goossens.Barcelona's Lionel Messi has a sickness. A rude, rude sickness.Our free kick of the week nod goes to Hapoel Tel Aviv's Eran Zahavi (with an assist to the cameraman!

Things will be a little light and/or late from me this week, as I head out for a little trip starting with Wednesday's Europa League final. I will be reporting from Hamburg for MLSsoccer.com, but Sean has a few things for you in the NSC workshop. And you'll be happy to know that I have finally received my new computer.

Besian Idrizaj's death has stunned football. The 22-year-old passed away in his sleep on Friday night at home in Austria. The forward was currently plying his trade for Swansea City and was regarded as a talented player for the club.

Paulo Sousa, the Swansea City manager, paid tribute to the young player:

"It's sad for all the Swansea family, but more importantly his own close family.

Eines muss man ihnen lassen, unseren österreichischen Nachbarn, einen gewissen Sinn für Realismus haben Sie. Sie wissen endlich, dass sie nicht zur Weltmeisterschaft nach Südafrika fahren dürfen und das nehmen sie jetzt einfach mal locker hin. Wäre ja auch sehr mies, wenn man in der Fankurve neben einem Deutschen stehen würde und die Ganze Zeit [.

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE Eppan, Austria, Jun 01, 2010 On Tuesday 1 June, Nico visited the German national football team who are preparing for the 2010 FIFA World Cup at their training camp in Eppan, South Tyrol. A keen football player and supporter, Nico met the team's manager Joachim Löw and had a ki .

Soccer24 Spanish players prepare for an exercise - http://www.fifa.com/worldcu... 31 minutes ago from FIFA.com - Latest Photos - Comment - Like Spanish players prepare for an exercise at todays second training session during their Austrian training camp in the Aktivpark Montafon stadium of Schruns on June 1, 2010 prior to the FIFA World Cup 2010 hosted by South Africa between June 11 and July 11.

Chile - Italy 2-2
1-0 Vieri 10'
1-1 Salas 45'
1-2 Salas 49'
2-2 Baggio (P) 85'
11 June 1998
Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Attendance: 31,800
Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)
Chile's first game of the World Cup in France 1998. Christian Vieri scores early but Chile shocks Italy by coming back and taking the lead by two goals from Marcelo Salas.

Chile - Italy 2-2
1-0 Vieri 10'
1-1 Salas 45'
1-2 Salas 49'
2-2 Baggio (P) 85'
11 June 1998
Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Attendance: 31,800
Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)
Chile's first game of the World Cup in France 1998. Christian Vieri scores early but Chile shocks Italy by coming back and taking the lead by two goals from Marcelo Salas.

Honduras' dismal FIFA World Cup build-up continued with a heavy defeat to Romania in Austria. Winless since January after defeats to Turkey and Venezuela and draws with Belarus and Azerbaijan, Reinaldo Rueda's team were desperate for a boost ahead of ...

Honduras' stuttering FIFA World Cup build-up continued with a heavy defeat to Romania in Austria.

When Joao Havelange claimed, in 2008, that the 1966 and 1974 World Cups were fixed, his claims were largely laughed out of court. Depending on who you listened to, he was either deliberately misconstruing events or demonstrating little more than the first signs of senility. What was, however, curious about his comments was what he missed out.

Austria banned these for their potential to incite violence. They were just jealous this isn't allowed as a method of conflict diffusion in government offices.

• The BBC asks their pundits who will win with no surprises. (BBC)
• Non-World Cup countries at the World Cup. (The Best Eleven)
• Cameroon's at the party.

Against Austria in Euro 2008, James muffed a simple collection allowing Andreas Ivanschitz to equalize for Austria. Robert Green is in good company when we talk of bungling English goalkeepers.

Having been fortunate enough to become attracted to the magic of Manchester United just prior to going into my teens a couple of years before Munich, I have lived through the eras of every Old...
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uefa.com Heraf plots another Austrian surprise: Having hailed his side's qualification as "a tremendous success, really unbelievable", Austria coach Andreas Heraf is aiming to upset the odds again at the U19 finals in France. - http://www.uefa.com/under19... 1 hour ago from PULSE - Comment - Like

U19 Tournament hosts France celebrate after demolishing the Netherlands 4-1

CROATIA 1 2 SPAIN

Debutants Croatia were unable to overcome 4-time Champions, Spain, in the their first game of the of the competition despite taking the lead before half-time (42′).

Austria celebrate their win over the Netherlands...and 3rd place in Group A.

Fans hoping to see a rematch of the Netherlands-Spain World Cup final played out on a younger stage will be disappointed to learn that they will have to wait at least another two years for the senior European Championships in 2012 after the Netherlands were elimated today.

This is both self-explanatory and hard as hell to get right.There's so much extrapolation required here, I'd feel like a real winner just for getting four from the list in the World Cup 2014 finals field and maybe a couple reaching the knockouts.Honorable mentions: Costa Rica, Croatia, Hungary, Morocco, Senegal, Sweden#5 - AustriaThere is a ton of exciting young talent in this player pool, which

Spain and France, arguably the most dominant teams in the tournament, met on Friday to determine the winner of the U19 European Championship. Going into the final, the hosts (France) had been consistently impressive- beating the Netherlands (4-1) and Austria (5-0) in their first two matches and then Croatia 2-1 in the semifinals.

These days FIFA release their much derided (but pretty good) World Rankings, and UEFA release c0-efficients for the rankings of leagues. I thought it'd be interesting to compare these two rankings to discover the most over-performing leagues and the international sides that under-perform (or the other way around, whichever way you want to look at it).

I'll bet she got this in fewer tries than Wayne Rooney, who then phoned her up.

• Triestina fans see the future, don't like it. (When Saturday Comes)
• Winter football gets political. (Never Mind the Bolsheviks)
• Removing money from your wallet with kits. (Guardian)
• Yoann Gourcuff's stock is just depleting.

Belgium versus Austria was so excellent it deserves after the fact cinema screening across the globe whilst being served by holographic models wearing nothing but a few pixels, something Japan is already scheming up for their latest World Cup 2022 techno leak. Double fours in the scoreline tells part of the story, but three of those goals came in the final ten, with Belgium also hitting the inside of the post, only for it to squib back in the box, and Jan Vertonghen managing to confound those with common sense the world over by launching himself into orbit with what can only be termed "a stiff bump" (you'll notice the 'leg pull' as he's in the air, a technique reserved for the mantle which also holds the archer's bow).

There were simply too many delicious Champions League and Europa League to ignore...Let's begin with hat trick hero Hulk working Route One for Porto - because if made to wait, he gets MAD.Another hat trick ace, Spurs' Gareth Bale, puts the pedal to the metal for his first in defeat against Inter.Barcelona's Leo Messi uses both the screen and the screwball to perfection against FC Copenhagen.

Another pair of Americans working below the top flight opened club accounts this weekend, giving us a hat trick of guys performing the feat this weekend.Carlisle loan striker Mike Grella did the deed in a League One loss to Charlton, while Altach newbie Josh Gatt made the scoresheet in an Austrian second flight win at Grödig.