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Algeria set sights on major improvement from 2010

Algeria’s midfielder Saphir Taider.        [PHOTO / AFP]

Two successive World Cup appearances would have seemed almost impossible a decade ago but Algeria have made a swift return from the doldrums to again take a prominent role in African football.

They now have high hopes of getting past the group stage in Brazil, having set themselves the ambitious target of a place in the knockout round at the fourth attempt.

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