Sudan scored none, conceded nine and lost all three games in Ghana in 2008 Sudan coach Mohamed Abdallah is eyeing the quarter-finals at next month's Africa Cup of Nations despite the country's recent tournament failures. Sudan have not won a game at their last three Nations Cups - with their last win coming in the 1970 final itself.
"It's a tough group and I know we are the fourth-ranked team in it," Abdallah said of a Group B also containing Ivory Coast, Angola and Burkina Faso. "But football is an open game and with willpower and confidence we can do it."
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