Soccer News of Friday, 19 August 2005

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Kufuor Is Not Needed Now -Dujkovic

... He will be considered after qualifiers
National team coach, Ratomir Dujkovic, has decided to overlook Sammy Osei Kuffuor for the rest of the world cup qualifiers.

Despite the AS Roma defender?s apology last week, the Serbian coach is in no mood to change his current defensive setup, which has proved to be very solid and reliable

In an interview with HotFm - a London-based Ghanaian radio station - he emphasized he would not invite Kuffour for the next two qualifiers against Uganda and Cape Verde on September 4 and October 8 respectively.

In the interview, which was conducted a day before the Black Stars game against the Teranga Lions of Senegal, he admitted he can do with his present defensive team in the rest of the qualifiers. However, he is prepared to consider Kufuor after the qualifiers.

He coach believes Ghana will qualify for the world cup in Germany in June 2006.