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Qualifying blunder leaves South Africa down and out

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Piers Edwards | 10:00 UK time, Wednesday, 12 October 2011

Fifteen months on from the elation of receiving wide praise for staging a triumphant Fifa World Cup, South African officials are now plumbing the depths.

In case you don't know, Bafana Bafana after a 0-0 draw at home to Sierra Leone.

But that tells a mere fraction of the story, for the real problem was that South African FA (Safa) officials were so unaware of the rules that .

Late on, coach Pitso Mosimane even threw on a midfielder for a striker to shore up the points only to later ask: "Do you think I would have left (a striker) on the bench and put on a midfielder if I knew we needed a goal? It doesn't make sense."

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