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For Dollé, the soccer-loving chairman of the management board of Arcelor, the Luxembourg-based steel-maker defending itself against a hostile E18.6bn ($22.9bn, £12.8bn) bid from Mittal Steel, has applied every skill he has learned in decades on the football field to building a world-class team at Arcelor. And the bid from Rotterdam-based rival Mittal Steel, controlled by British-domiciled, Indian-born Lakshmi Mittal, is his worst nightmare come true. Its not just a matter of business. It’s a personally hurtful attack from a man with whom Dollé previously entertained good relations. As president of the International Iron and Steel Institute, the industry’s trade body, Dollé is on first-name terms with the boss of every big steel company.