Germany and France snuffed out African hopes and reached the World Cup quarter-finals yesterday with hard-won victories over Algeria and Nigeria.
Both European teams struggled for their wins, France needing late goals to see off African champions Nigeria 2-0 and Germany only securing their 2-1 victory over Algeria in extra time.
Germany and France will meet in the last eight on Friday, while disappointed Africans have no teams left to support.
It was the first time two African teams had reached the second round, but both went out within hours of each other to leave the continent still struggling to make an impact on the biggest stage
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