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Home turf may not be enough

Originally Published: May 1, 2010
By Brent Latham | Special to ESPN.com

Regarding the chances of the African teams in this year's World Cup, you may have already heard some optimistic prognostication. Something along the lines of this:

Ivory Coast will be the first African team to make the semifinals, and perhaps even win the Cup on "home" soil. Ghana is ready to improve on its second-round performance last time out. Algeria is a dangerous dark horse. Host South Africa is sure to do better than expected.

With a record number of African teams participating ...

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