And we will never know what part a vigorous Twitter campaign played in helping restore Burkina Faso's star striker Jonathan Pitroipa to the team for the final against Nigeria after he picked up a red card in the semi-final.

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De Villers went on to say that "eye-gouging is something that we as a team will never be part of".

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For the most part, we will never remember these names as the years pass.

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"We're only part of a worldwide attempt to cancel this debt because these people will never be able to live in decent conditions until that debt is cancelled, " he said.

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