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Dick Advocaat will be worried that a European climate does not favour his South Korean players after a poor performance against Norway .

Czech midfielder Vladimir Smicer has been ruled out of the World Cup finals due to a leg injury.

Spain coach Luis Aragones has called up Getafe left back Mariano Pernia to replace the injured Asier del Horno on Thursday.

Francisco Fonseca denied on Wednesday he had rowed with Mexico coach Ricardo La Volpe after being left out of Saturday's friendly in France.

All eyes will be on Germany and Costa Rica when the World Cup kicks off on June 9 as eurosport.com begins their look at each group.

An early goal by Thierry Henry and a late Sylvain Wiltord penalty gave France a 2-0 win over Denmark in a World Cup warm-up on Wednesday.

An intriguing and at times brutal match between Switzerland and Italy ended in a 1-1 stalemate in Geneva on Wednesday night.

World Cup qualifiers Trinidad and Tobago lost 3-1 at Slovenia Wednesday, after a Milivoje Novakovic hat-trick and several defensive errors.

Paraguay notched their first win in five outings by beating Georgia 1-0 in their last World Cup warm-up match on Wednesday.

Iran fought back from a two-goal deficit to beat Bosnia 5-2 in a World Cup warm-up match which raised serious questions about their defence.