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Click here to watch.</div></a><ul class="accBulletMag"><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081216235608/http://www1.uefa.com/magazine/edition=786226/newsid=786220/index.html">'Werder in my heart'</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081216235608/http://www1.uefa.com/magazine/edition=786226/newsid=786250/index.html">Last 16 looms large</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081216235608/http://www1.uefa.com/magazine/edition=786226/newsid=786252/index.html">Futsal U21s in action</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081216235608/http://www1.uefa.com/magazine/edition=786226/newsid=786267/index.html">Vote for your stars of 2008</a></li></ul></div><div class="accPrevEd"><div class="accPrevEdTit">Previous issue</div><ul class="accPrevEdLi"><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081216235608/http://www1.uefa.com/magazine/edition=786116/index.html"><div class="accPrevEdTitle">Group stage draws to a close</div><div class="accPrevEdIssue">ISSUE 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