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    McCarthy hits out at South Africa soccer chiefs

    Friday, August 1, 2008

    South Africa striker Benni McCarthy has lambasted his country's football administrators, blaming them for the national team's demise on the world stage. The 30-year-old Blackburn forward, who has had a tempestuous relationship with the South African Football Association (SAFA) in recent years, believes the current state of Bafana Bafana is a 'massive shame', claiming that players are selected depending on the status of their club rather than on merit. 'The past few years now we haven't been ge ...

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