{"id":22587,"date":"2013-09-13T02:19:24","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T00:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/cape-verde-lose-out-on-world-cup-spot\/"},"modified":"2013-09-13T02:19:24","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T00:19:24","slug":"cape-verde-lose-out-on-world-cup-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cape-verde-lose-out-on-world-cup-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Verde lose out on World Cup spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=16520\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16520\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16520 \" alt=\"Cape Verde out of World Cup qualifying. Photo: BBC Sport\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/10416_69811244_160201223-600x337.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cape Verde out of World Cup qualifying. Photo: BBC Sport<\/p>\n<p>The fairytale progress of tiny Cape Verde Islands to the last round of African World Cup qualifiers turned into a nightmare today when Fifa found them guilty of fielding an ineligible player and turfed them out of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Their place in the final round playoffs will be taken by Tunisia, who the Cape Verdians had sensationally eliminated at the weekend to win their group with a shock 2-0 win in Tunis.<\/p>\n<p>Tunisia coach Nabil Maaloul quit in the wake of the embarrassing setback.<\/p>\n<p>Because Cape Verde fielded the defender Fernando Varela, who should have sat out the match after being sent off in a qualifier in March, the match has been forfeited and awarded 3-0 in favour of Tunisia, Fifa said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>It means Tunisia finish top of Group B and will play in the final round of the qualifiers next month and in November. The 10 group winners go into a draw on Monday to determine the pairings for the five playoff matches from which the winners will go to Brazil next year.<\/p>\n<p>The Cape Verde have also been fined 6000 Swiss francs ($6,400) after a meeting of the Fifa disciplinary committee. \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more World Cup news,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/tag\/world-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more breaking sporting news and views, visit MySport24 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySport24\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mysport24?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/5b0c1_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Verde out of World Cup qualifying. Photo: BBC Sport The fairytale progress of tiny Cape Verde Islands to the last round of African World Cup qualifiers turned into a nightmare today when Fifa found them guilty of fielding an ineligible player and turfed them out of the competition. 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