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Article: SA soccer has a mountain to climb ahead of 2010.(News)

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October 18, 2008
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They ransacked the country's soccer federation headquarters, smashing windows and then set a bus alight. Riot police responded by firing teargas as furious football supporters set up burning barricades - which included rubbish bins, metal bars and billboards - around the stadium, having been angered by their country's elimination from World Cup and African Nations Cup qualifying.

This was the ugly scene on the streets of Dakar after Senegal could only manage a draw with Gambia last weekend, ensuring the Lions of Teranga would not make it to continental finals in Angola and the world showpiece in South Africa, both in 2010.

But contrast that with the ...

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