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Best and worst of soccer in 2017

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Our soccer writers -

- look back on the highs and lows of soccer in 2017. And they each have a wish list for 2018 ... lose a single game, even friendlies, to improve their Fifa and Caf ranking. They must qualify for the 2019 Afcon.

3. With five teams representi­ng Africa at the World Cup in Russia, the continent is again crossing fingers that one of the teams can get beyond the quarter-finals.

?? Picture: GAVIN BARKER, BACKPAGEPI­X ?? OH NO BAFANA: Thamsanqa Mkhize’s own goal against Senegal was the final blow in South Africa’s 2018 World Cup campaign.
Picture: GAVIN BARKER, BACKPAGEPI­X OH NO BAFANA: Thamsanqa Mkhize’s own goal against Senegal was the final blow in South Africa’s 2018 World Cup campaign.
?? Picture: CHRIS RICCO, BACKPAGEPI­X ?? BENNI MCCARTHY: Symbolises so much of what it means to be Capetonian.
Picture: CHRIS RICCO, BACKPAGEPI­X BENNI MCCARTHY: Symbolises so much of what it means to be Capetonian.
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