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Sat 02 Feb 2010Road to Poland and Ukraine full of dangers
AS REPUBLIC of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni heads to Warsaw today for the Euro 2012 Championship qualifying draw, scheduled to take place in the city’s Palace of Culture tomorrow morning, the blazers in Uefa must wish the veteran Italian was in a position to stay at home.
Three years ago, the joint bid by Poland and Ukraine to stage the tournament only just managed to scrape its way onto the shortlist put before members of the organisation’s Executive Committee for the second round of the selection process.
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