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Boss wants excitement of cup run.


ROBERTO Di Matteo Roberto Di Matteo (born May 29, 1970 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland) is a Swiss-Italian former professional footballer. A midfielder, his career consisted of spells at Schaffhausen (1988-91), Zürich (1991-92), Aarau (1992-93), Lazio (1993-96), and Chelsea (1996-2002).  wants Albion to use tonight's Carling car·ling  
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[Middle English, from Old French calingue and from Old Norse
 Cup game at Bury as the springboard towards a long cup run.

The Baggies travel to Gigg Lane without five firstteamers due to international duty. Robert Koren (Slovenia), Marek Cech (Slovakia), Youssouf Mulumbu (DR Congo), Abou Meite (Ivory Coast) and Chris Brunt (Northern Ireland) are all unavailable.

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 and Reuben Reid are expected to make their debuts, with Di Matteo hoping for a decent Carling Cup campaign.

"We are missing five players so there will be changes but we don't want to change the whole team," he said. "I want to get to the next round of the cup.

"It's a good cup and if you can go through to the latter stages it can get exciting.

"I will pick the best team that I can.

"I saw a bit of them (Bury) last year. It's one of those games you have to be professional, focused or it can backfire."

BURY (from): Brown, Scott, Sodje, Futcher, Buchanan, Jones, Dawson, Barry-Murphy, Racchi, Carlton, Lowe, Belford, Cresswell, Baker, Johnson, Rouse.

ALBION (from): Carson, Kiely, Zuiverloon, Martis, Barnett, Olsson, Mattock, Dorrans, Greening, Borja, Teixeira, Reid, Beattie, Moore, Cox, Wood.
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Publication:Birmingham Mail (England)
Date:Aug 11, 2009
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