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In our series of letters from African journalists, Maher Mezahi looks at Africa's chances of winning the football World Cup, finally fulfilling Pele's prediction.
"At some point in Africa, we have to be ambitious and why not win the World Cup, even if it's going to be hard," he said. Senegal's Aliou Cissé, Algeria's Djamel Belmadi, Tunisia's Radhi Jaidi and South Africa's Benni McCarthy are other examples of the new African coaching prototype. The unfortunate reality is that throughout the seven World Cups that took place from 1930 to 1962, Egypt in 1934 was the continent's sole representative.
The prize money for simply participating in the World Cup could have been injected into grassroots football around the continent, significantly improving the quality of play.
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