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Argentina and Brazil do battle, but fans' attention drifts elsewhere

As the ball was kicked off at Argentina's 3-0 win over Brazil, a large majority of the 53,000 inside the stadium were supporting China ...full story at Guardian Blogs

from Guardian Blogs on Tue, Aug 19 2008

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