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Showing posts with label Football on Mountain. Show all posts
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Curious Add on 06-13-07

Photographs of unique football match


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JUNGFRAUJOCH, Switzerland, June 8 (Reuters) - Switzerland and Austria's under-fire soccer coaches enjoyed some welcome relief on Friday as they joined in celebrations to mark the one-year countdown for Euro 2008.

Koebi Kuhn and Josef Hickersberger, whose countries will co-host next year's tournament, presided over an unusual five-a-side match played out on a glacier beneath the summit of Switzerland's 4,158-metre high Jungfrau mountain.

The somewht stage-managed 5-5 final scoreline was a fitting result for two trainers who have struggled lately.
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