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Thu 11 Nov 2009Algeria finally put an end to North African saga

CAF GROUP C TIE-BREAKING PLAY-OFF:ALGERIA QUALIFIED for the World Cup for the first time since 1986 with a disciplined if patchy display, in a match as testy as it was tense.

Antar Yahia’s winner emphasised the commitment to attack the Algerians have shown throughout qualifying: the scorer was a right-back on a far from unusual foray.