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Japan 0 * Nigeria 0

Zambia 2 * Uruguay 0

Sure, like 1994, it's rent-a-city all over again. But what a group of tenants. Your city really isn't your own during an international sporting event such as the FIFA 2007 Under-20 World Cup.

On paper, today's pivotal FIFA 2007 Under-20 World Cup Group B match shouldn't even be close.

Saturday games - Scotland vs. Costa Rica 5 p.m.

sa国际传媒 has always been an accommodating and gracious host. Maybe too gracious.

It seemed like the calm amid the storm yesterday at the Victoria venue for the FIFA 2007 Under-20 World Cup as the amassed assemblage of officials, supporters, media and teams all seemed to be whale watching or shopping along Government Street.

A single moment of brilliance, seemingly snatched out of mid-air at the 2003 FIFA Under-20 World Cup at the United Arab Emirates, helped propel Josh Simpson of Victoria into a higher-calibre pro soccer career than he might have otherwise expected at

They've definitely got the talent -- star striker Jean Carlos Solorzano and perhaps the top goalkeeper in the tournament in Alfonso Quesada -- to compete with the top guns in the FIFA Under-20 World Cup.

Group F of the 2007 FIFA Under-20 World Cup is finely balanced, but don't believe all the talk of there not being a real favourite in the group.