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250,000 Reasons For Germany Wanting To Win

The DFB (German Football Association) have announced that following talks with Michael Ballack, Bernd Schneider, Mirsoslav Klose and Jens Lehmann on Sunday, they will pay each member of the German squad up to €250,000 in bonuses and more.

Should Germany progress past the group stage, which they are expected to do, each man will receive a bonus of €50,000.

The bonus will rise to 100,000 if Germany reach the semi-final stages of Euro 2008.

Should Germany make the final, players will be guaranteed €150,000 - that payment coming if Germany lose. If Germany win the final in June, the players have been guaranteed €250,000 each.

The bonus payments, though small in comparison to what some of the squad earn in a week playing club football, might be enough to drive Germany past the group stage of the competition, something they’ve failed to two in their past two attempts. That said, they are still being tipped as favourites for the competition outright.

Germany play in Group B along with Poland, Croatia and Austria.

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Bruckner To Miss Czech Friendlies

The Czech football federation announced at a press conference yesterday that veteran manager Karel Brucker won’t be present at his side’s upcoming games against Greece and Poland due to illness.

A “high temperature with a suspicion of an inflammation of the lungs” is keeping the 68-year old at bay, according to Vlastimil Kostal, head of the football federation.

The Czech Republic play two games in quick succession this week, Greece on Tuesday and Poland on Wednesday as part of an international tournament in the run up to their Euro 2008 campaign.

The Czech Republic are drawn in Group A alongside Portugal, Switzerland and Turkey and kick off on June 7th against Switzerland.

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Trezeguet Wouldn’t “Bet A Euro” On Playing

David Trezeguet has said he wouldn’t “bet a euro” on appearing at Euro 2008 as he feels Raymond Domenech doesn’t have any faith in him.

Trezeguet currently leads the Serie A goalscoring charts with 15 goals to his name but Domenech has let his feelings speak through his tactical decisions of late, including the last World Cup where Trezeguet played no more than a bit part.

How strong the Juventus man’s opinion is was highlighted recently when he turned down two callups for France, first against the Congo and against Spain, both fixtures due this coming week as he felt he would be used on the ‘A’ team against Congo instead of the full team against Spain.

There are plenty of players who would give their left leg to represent their country at the European Championships, so why Trezeguet is carrying on in this manner is beyond me. Sure enough, it can be hard to change Domenech’s mind, if you’ve had a falling out with him you’re a marked man, but one would have to question Trezeguet’s overall drive to play any part of the French lineup.

Quoted on Saturday he said he “would have gone to the end of the world 10 years ago, but not now at 30, after everything I have done and continue to do.”

Such a pity too…

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