Japanese national football team prepare in Saas-Fee for World Cup

For the alpine village of Saas-Fee, football fever has already set in two weeks before the World Cup. The Japanese national football team picked the resort to spend their final weeks of training before heading for South Africa. (Michele Andina, swissinfo.ch)

This content was published on May 28, 2010 - 23:46

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Japanese national football team prepare in Saas-Fee for World Cup

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