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SPORTS GLOBE

Yugoslav Bora Milutinovic is a new head coach of Chinese national football team. He took part in four world championship till now as a head coach of four different national teams, providing each time standing in second round of the championship. This time he will try to take the Chinese team to the final tournament.

Let us remind you, Milutinovic made a debut in 1996 as a head coach of Mexican team. Also he made a sensation four years later in Italy, when he took Costa Rica into eight-finals. In 1994, he was a head coach of the USA national team, and at the last world championship in France he was a head coach of Nigerian team.


Yugoslav international player Dejan Petkovic, who played for Italian team Venice in the last few months, became now a player of famous Brazilian team Flamengo from Rio de Janeiro.

Former player of Radnicki Nis, Red Star Belgrade, Spanish teams Real, Sevilla and Racing Santander and Brazilian team Vitoria Bahia, will play in Flamengo instead of famous Romario, who was the best football player in the world for 1994.


Yugoslav coach Ljubisa Tumbakovic is no longer coach of AEK team from Athens, decided the leadership of that Greek team.

The most successful coach in history of Partizan team from Belgrade was taken over by team from Athens, but unexpectedly bad results in European cup, and especially in Greek championship forced the managers to thank him for the cooperation at the end of half-season.



Dragan Stojkovic

With goals of Brazilian Vagner Lopes and captain of the Yugoslav national football team Dragan Stojkovic, Nagoya Grampus Eight won the Japanese Emperor's Cup after defeating Hiroshima 2-0 (0-0).

Yugoslav international player assisted in 56th minute Lopes for the first goal, and eight minutes left he scored a goal in spectacular way laying the final result of the match.

Stojkovic passed by two defense players and a goalkeeper and scored the goal.

The Yugoslav national team player was declared to be the best player of the match after the play he showed in final match of the Emperor's Cup.



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