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3:23pm

Thu June 21, 2012
Sports

Eurozone Debt Crisis Takes to the Soccer Field

Originally published on Thu June 21, 2012 3:14 pm

Credit Thanassis Stavrakis / AP

It almost certainly won't solve the European sovereign debt crisis. But the way it's being framed, tomorrow's European Championship quarterfinal is starting to sound like its next chapter: Greece vs. Germany; austerity vs. stimulus; intact eurozone vs. one without Greece.

The Wall Street Journal reports that some have dubbed the game a "debt derby" that pits "the euro zone's most cash-strapped nation against its Teutonic task- and paymaster." The Journal adds:

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