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Costa Rica sends observers to watch World Cup rivals' soccer games
2006-02-27 20:26:13 Xinhua English
SAN JOSE, Feb. 27(Xinhuanet)-- The Costa Rica Football Federation said in a statement published on Monday that it will send observers to the March 1 friendly matches played by its rivals in Group A of 2006 Germany World Cup.

Eduardo Mendez, the assistant to Costa Rica manager Alexandre Guimaraes, will watch the United States-Poland match in Kaiserlauten, Germany. Mendez, who travelled to Germany on Sunday, will remain there to represent Spain at the International Federation of Football Associations's technical seminar for the 32 World Cup teams.

Geovanny Alfaro, trainer of Costa Rica's under-21 team, will watch in Florence, Italy, the match between Italy-Germany friendly. He leaves on Monday.

Erick Lonis, another Guimaraes's assistant, will watch the Holland-Ecuador match in Amsterdam, Holland, and then move on to Germany to help organize the logistics of the Costa Rica's trip to Germany.

Costa Rica's national team will go to Iran on Sunday, to play afriendly with Iran's national team. Enditem

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