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Ivory Coast v. Algeria – The Dead LiveBlog….

10:00 Introduction

Folks – things are only about to get weirder, much much weirder. I tried to establish some house rules so that the “literal of hearted” would realize that typographical and factual perfection do not dominate my ethos.

This is a blog, not a newspaper. This is a blog, not a dictionary. This is a blog, and it’s about to cover the Ivory Coast – Algeria in a bizarre fashion.

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Confess
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We’re Through!

Is That a Guarantee?

Tough Loss

Let’s Learn About Cote d’Ivoire…

Not What I Had Expected

Elephants 5 Guinea 0

Apologies

News and Notes to Lead us to the Quarters

Elephants 3 – Mali 0

Elephants 4 – Benin 1


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