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| | The Global Game Global Gleanings, El Salvador |
 | | Investigations by reporters at the Herald in Harare determined that the El Salvador–Zimbabwe friendly on 4 January featured just two regulars from El Salvador's full national team; in addition, the coach, Juan Ramon Paredes, did not bother to make the trip (Steve Vickers, "Zimbabwe in Controversy," BBC Sport). |
 | | What began as routine investigations by The Herald has turned into a global story that is making headlines around a world bemused by how a group of impostors could masquerade as a national football team and play an international friendly in a foreign country. |
 | | For their part, the Salvadorans say they never knew they were being billed as the national team (Orestes Membreño, " 'No se nos dijo que éramos la Selección,' " El Diario de Hoy, 9 January). |
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