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Figo relishing the prospect
I KIRIA, Portugal.
Mar 30: Midfield
I .ire Luis Figo says Portugal are salivating over i he prospect of playing Germany mid England in the group stages of Euro 2000 this summer, reports AFP.
Figo, fresh from scoring the winner against 1992 European champions Denmark in a 2-1 friendly match victory on Wednesday night, said he was relishing the prospect and that
Effenburg to end with
Bayern
BERLIN. Mar 30: Bayern Munich captain Stefan Effen-berg on Thursday agreed to a one-year extension to his contract with the Bundesliga leaders, saying he intended to end his career at the club, reports AFP.
German international Ef-fenberg told Kicker magazine that he plans to sign a deal that will keep him at Bayern until June 2002.
"Nothing has been signed yet. but we are putting together a deal." said 31-year-old Effen-berg after talks with with club general manager Uli Hoeness.
Mldfleldei Effenberg said both sides were keen that he should stay for two more seasons.
When Kicker asked if Effenberg wanted to end his career at Bayern, he replied: "Yes. 1 think 2002 would be a good time to end my career after 16 seasons."
Effenberg Joined Bayern from Borussia Dortmund In 1998.
it will be a privilege for Portugal to face England and Germany.
"England and Germany are two of the toughest opponents in world football and I think Portugal are delighted to be pitted against them. England's results have been disappointing recently considering the calibre of some of their players but 1 believe England can beat any team in the world on their day." he said.
"Germany are always difficult to play against in a major championship but the pressure is on them when we play them "
Portugal also play Romania in Group A at the finals to be hosted by Belgium and Holland.
"I do think Portugal can win all three games." Figo added. "We certainly have players of a good enough quality to do that.”
Figo was recently voted Portugal's Player of the Year for the frith consecutive time by the nation's sports Journalists for his consistent showings for Barcelona and Portugal
Not only have Barcelona reached the quarter-finals of the European Champions League, bitt they have also managed to claw their way back as serious Spanish league contenders after a poor start to the season.
Figo, delighted to be doing well for club and country, probably spoke for many players having Io contend with a congested fixture list.
"It's been a long hard season and Barcelona are going for the league title and the European Cup and now Portugal are hoping Io do well at Euro 2000." he said.
I just hope 1 can keep up the momentum. 1 play a lot ol matches and that's a lot of pres-
sure al < lub ami international level and you need to keep up your form for a whole season. It's tough. Getting injured is not something I think about but it can happen with all these matches."
Porto pulled all their players out of the national squad for the Denmark game because of injuries and because of their busy schedule in both the Champions Leagie and Portuguese championship.
The 27-year-old Figo earned his 59th cap against Denmark and put in a virtuoso display. He had a chance from a freekick in the first half, had a number of dangerous runs in and around the box and then scored the 51 st-minute winner In a solo move, knocking the ball Just Inside the right hand post after goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel had committed himself.
"1 was pleased with my goal." he said. "To score a winner for Portugal is always satisfying but that fact that the team won was the most satisfying part of the evening."