The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 2,544 - Jul 11 2010

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& 19 Final outcome expected this evening -- and news story frantically absorbing one? TODAYS
A group of players picked for lack of inhibition ABANDON
A stern chat that is followed by unfair penalty for Americans? ABUMRAP
Aren't in a combination that includes good SA side ARGENTINA
Artistic Italian in Group E, oddly PERUGINO
Beastly noise from team-leader after end of morning jog GRUNT
Cheat badly with first couple of penalties in part of SA THECAPE
Control football, getting some upset TRAP
Dramatically play in Italian team ready for French INTERPRET
Dreadfully saddened in positions in which goals are blocked DEADENDS
Elated, like 4 19 and their predecessors herein (2,3,2,3,5) ONTOPOFTHEWORLD
Evaluated and backed South Africa, for example, with editor ASSAYED
Get to instant replay, initially � argument follows next day TOMORROW
Leading players thrown in the air UPCAST
Make grade, somehow, after he secures a cap, say HEADGEAR
Man on pitch not playing part of centre-forward REF
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One score one left out for this team ITALY
Piece of play witnessed by spectators, say SCENE
Place for coaches and subs removed from ground DUGOUT
Rival team that could make me angry GERMANY
Run into supporter before church in country FRANCE
See 4 WINNERS
Stop fighting in extremely disruptive and unruly crowd DEMOB
Stupidly annoy European who might win evenly balanced game? ANYONE
Supporter upset girl, a kind of nut BRAZIL
Swine ending off match with own goal HOG
Team not great, to begin with, in game in South Africa ENGLAND
United embraced by supporter, innovative type PIONEER
Wings of 7 and 25 affected by nerves EDGY
Year a university teacher backed champions twice URUGUAY
You said a point, potentially, is the best one can get UTOPIAN