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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
BERNE (Reuters) - Brazil continued their dominance over England with a 1-0 friendly win Saturday but 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa's troubles persisted with a 0-0 draw at home to Japan on coach Carlos Alberto Parreira's second debut.
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
South Africa were held to a 0-0 draw by Japan in a friendly football international on Saturday and their new coach Carlos Alberto Parreira said afterward there was still plenty of room for improvement. "As a beginning it was OK," Parreira said. We were well organized ... but we must hold onto our possession more. We can't do it all at once, but a lot of improvement needs to be done.
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France24 (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
New coach Carlos Alberto Parreira says struggling 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa can defy the odds and reach the quarter-finals. "The greatest challenge is getting to the second phase. South Africa must work hard but I'm confident we will get there," he told Brazilian television ahead of a second spell in charge of Bafana Bafana (The Boys). "I hope that with the backing of home fans...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
A strong showing by the host nation always enlivens any international tournament, but eight months before next summer's World Cup finals South Africa's prospects look dismal after a run of such bad results that coach Joel Santana has just departed. A Fifa ranking of 85th in the world – between Mozambique and Haiti – is Bafana Bafana's lowest for 15 years. They failed to qualify for the...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
• Parreira has signed an eight-month deal with South Africa • World Cup will be the Brazilian's sixth as a coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has been reappointed coach of South Africa 18 months after he left the 2010 World Cup hosts for personal reasons. He has signed an eight-month deal until the end of next year's finals with his immediate task being to try to halt a poor run of form that...