Euro-Romania relish chance of upsetting Italy...and Dutch (Reuters)
Published 6/12/2008 at Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
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Cosmin Contra said victory over the Netherlands was still his
team's best route to the Euro 2008 quarter-finals, no matter
what happened in their next group game against Italy on Friday.
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