Group A: Senegal, Zambia, Equatorial Guinea & Libya

SENEGAL
A certain date is scored deep into the consciousness of Senegalese football: October 11, 2008. That was when it hit rock bottom.

The Lions of Teranga needed only to win at home against their generally disregarded neighbours Gambia (the Senegalese call it "a suppository in the a**e of Africa" because of the country's curious shape, snaking along the banks of the river which shares its name) to reach the second phase of World Cup qualifying. They drew 1-1, and so missed out on both South Africa and the 2010 Cup of Nations.

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