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Act fast to resuscitate soccer in Kenya

During the European championships in 2000, Germany failed to win a single game at the tournament. This loss was a great eye opener to federation officials in Germany. German soccer standards were dwindling and officials had to think fast to salvage the situation.

The need to improve necessitated forced it to expand the youth programmes, appoint a new coach to the national team and call new players.

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