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  • Giresse: This is a team with no stars

    Giresse: This is a team with no stars

    FIFA.com spoke to former France international Alain Giresse about his Mali side’s recent progress, his ambitions ahead of the next CAF Africa Cup of Nations, and his thoughts on their qualifying group for Brazil 2014.
  • Giresse: We can’t afford any slip-ups

    Giresse: We can’t afford any slip-ups

    "The draw was kind on us because we managed to avoid the big names. Even so, there’s only one place available and we can’t afford any slip-ups,” Mali coach Alain Giresse.
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FIFA.com profiles Mali's qualification hopes for Brazil 2014 and highlights the star players, the coach and the country's footballing history
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  • General view of the draw hall during the Preliminary Draw of the 2014 FIFA World Cup
  • Traore Abdou (L) of Mali goes up for the ball against Diego Forlan of Uruguay during the third-place playoff of the FIFA World Youth Championship 1999 final.
  • Surrounded by team-mates Malian captain Cisse Sadio Baba waves to supporters. Mali beat Uruguay 1-0 to become the third placed team.
  • Sudan's forward Mudathir al-Tahir (R) battles for the ball with Sidi Keita (L) of Mali
  • Sudan's forward Haytham Kamal Tambal (R) battles for the ball with Bakary Soumare (C) of Mali
  • Mali's Bakary Soumare (C) battles for the ball with an unidentified Sudanese player
  • Sudan's forward Mudathir al-Tahir (C) battles for the ball with Sidi Keita (L) of Mali
  • Sudan's goalkeeper Mustafa Hafez (R) tries to stop an unidentifed Mali player from scoring
  • Adama Tamboura (L) and Soumaila Coulibaly (R) of Mali compete with an unidentified Sudanese player

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RankingTeam+/- Pts Jan 2012
67 Uzbekistan8Up
68 Poland-2Down
69 Mali-2Down
70 Latvia-2Down
71 Austria-1Down

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