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The Syli Nationale were outclassed and eliminated from the tournament after a 3-0 loss to Algeria at the June 30 Stadium on Sunday.

Other key players included in Guinea's squad are in-form Bordeaux striker Francois Kamano, Napoli midfielder Amadou Diawara and the Syli National skipper Ibrahima Traore who plays for Borussia Monchengladbach.

The Guinean team is known as "Syli nationale" in the local language, which means "National Elephants".

The Belgian welcomed the new development, just a few hours after stating his resignation from his position as the Harambee Stars coach left him with a "broken heart."The 61-year-old was on Friday named the Syli Nationale coach on a three-year contract during a press conference held at Guinean Football Federation's offices in Conakry.

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A titre d'exemple, sur les 23 joueurs du Syli National appeles a jouer la Coupe d'Afrique des Nations de la CAF 2012, seul Abdoul Aziz Keita, le gardien de but remplacant, etait pensionnaire d'un club guineen, en l'occurrence l'Atletico Club de Coleah.

Guinea's Syli Nationale qualified unbeaten to return to the finals, after missing out on a place at Angola 2010.

He whipped in a free-kick to put Guinea ahead in yesterday's opening Group A clash in Accra, and back in with a chance of reaching the quarter-finals, and it was the Syli Nationale skipper's pass that set up Ismael Bangoura.

All the great bands are here: Bembeya Jazz National, Keletigui et ses Tambourinis and Balla et ses Balladines as well as rare recordings from lesser known contemporaries like Syli Authentic, Kebendo Jazz and others.