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/noticias.info/ Euro 2008 warm-up preparations begin this week for the countries involved and there has already been match action for Chelsea players at various age levels.

Andriy Shevchenko played the first 67 minutes of Ukraine's 3-0 friendly defeat in the Netherlands. Khalid Boulahrouz was a second-half sub for the Dutch.

Branislav Ivanovic was in the Serbia side that drew 1-1 with Republic of Ireland in Dublin on Saturday. He played central defence and although picking up a booking, completed the match.

In what was Giovanni Trapattoni's first match in charge of the Irish, they equalised in the 90th minute. notas_de_prensa_archivo