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World Service,06 Feb 2015,28 mins

Shameful scenes at AFCON

World Football

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In this week's World Football, the aftermath in Malabo. After home fans targetted Ghana's supporters forcing their semi-final to be stopped, Equatorial Guinea's suitability as hosts is under scrutiny, along with CAF's decision to take the tournament there. The star of the only Ivory Coast side ever to lift the trophy tells us how their victory in 1992 helped to heal the country's political divisions. Abdoulaye Traore also explains why, as a player, he was more Maradona than Zidane. And Jimmy Armfield, a former team-mate of Sir Stanley Matthews for club and country, tells us what players today can learn from the very first World Footballer of the Year as the game celebrates the centenary of his birth. Picture credit: Getty

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