DUFF BLOW FOR TRAP; STAR MAN DAMIEN MISSING FOR THREE WEEKS: Flying winger ruled out of Italian clash by calf injury.Byline: PAUL O'HEHIR DAMIEN Duff's slim chance Noun 1. slim chance - little or no chance of success fat chance probability, chance - a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible; "the probability that an of lining out against Italy and Montenegro all but evaporated last night after Fulham said he will be sidelined for up to three weeks. While the winger's calf injury is not as serious as first feared, the London club An informal group of private creditors on the international stage. Similar to the Paris Club of public lenders. London Club is not the only informal group of private creditors. Its first meeting took place in 1976 in response to Zaire's payment problems. don't expect the 30-year-old to play in the coming weeks. "It looks like it will be two or three weeks for Damien at this stage," said a Fulham spokesperson yesterday. But Fulham boss Roy Hodgson Roy Hodgson (born August 9, 1947) is an English football manager. He is currently the head coach of the Finnish national team. Hodgson is probably best known for guiding the Swiss national team to the 1994 World Cup and Euro 1996; before that Switzerland had not qualified and Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni are still hoping that Duff's calf reacts well to treatment in the coming days. And if that was to happen, the door would be left open for the Dubliner to join the Ireland squad in Dublin next week where Irish medical staff could make the final decision. Ireland host World Champions Italy in a 1st v 2nd Group 8 qualifying clash at Croke Park on Saturday week and Duff is one of Ireland's key players, having played a starring role in the narrow 2-1 victory over Cyprus in Nicosia. CAPTION(S): INJURED Damien Duff looks likely to miss crunch clash against Italians |
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