Monday, November 29, 1999

World Cup Group A news - France/S Africa/Mexico/Uruguay

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Latest Group A news ahead of the World Cup in South Africa which starts on June 11.FRANCEFrance start their World Cup training camp on Tuesday with centre back William Gallas still a doubt for the June 11-July 11 tournament as the Arsenal player is still recovering from a calf injury.One of his possible replacements, Girondins Bordeaux defender Marc Planus, picked up a minor injury in Saturday's 4-3 Ligue 1 defeat at RC Lens.Playmaker Yoann Gourcuff, who has a thigh injury, also missed that game. Coach Raymond Domenech has made clear no player injured on June 1 would travel to South Africa.SOUTH AFRICAMidfielder Steven Pienaar is due to report to South Africa's pre-World Cup training camp this week after being given a week's holiday by coach Carlos Alberto Parreira.Pienaar was named Player of the Year at his English club Everton at the end of a long season and Parreira said he felt the 28-year-old needed some rest before joining tournament preparations.Pienaar has been South Africa's most successful player this season and will have a large burden of expectation on his shoulders.URUGUAYCoach Oscar Washington Tabarez has allowed defender Mauricio Victorino and midfielder Alvaro Fernandez to remain with Universidad de Chile for the second leg of the Chilean side's Libertadores Cup quarter-final against Flamengo of Brazil on Thursday."The idea of the Maestro (Tabarez) is to have the way clear in the minds of the players," a Uruguayan Football Association official told the Chilean Radio Cooperativa.Chile coach Marcelo Bielsa has also allowed the Universidad de Chile players in his squad to stay with their club until after Thursday's match, missing Monday's official start of World Cup preparations.MEXICO"The finishing is still missing, the attack is the part we have to fine tune," Mexico coach Javier Aguirre said after his team's 1-0 home win over Chile in a warm-up match on Sunday."We must work, we have not reflected with goals our possession of the ball," he added after a third 1-0 win in successive friendlies against Senegal, Angola and Chile.Mexico move on to Europe where they face tougher opponents in England, Netherlands and Italy, on their way to South Africa.(Editing by Miles Evans; To query or comment on this story emailsportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)

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