Liberia captain Anthony Laffor has a dream of leading the young Lone Stars to a feat not even national icon George Weah could achieve - qualification for the FIFA World Cup™.
"The Senegal team should fear no opponent, but we also respect everybody," Amara Traore, Senegal coach.
Group J has the potential to be a tightly run contest with former FIFA World Cup finalists Senegal and Angola facing against a resurgent Uganda and one of either Liberia and Mauritius on the road to Brazil 2014.
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Ghana claimed a place in the semi-finals after holding their nerve against hosts Angola, and Côte d'Ivoire lost in an extra-time thriller to Algeria.
Algeria's scoreless draw with Angola was enough to see both teams into the last eight of the Cup of Nations after Malawi were knocked off by Mali.
