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Rachid Mekhloufi, Rebel United

Rebel United: Mekhloufi's sacrifice for Algerian independence

"La France, c'est vous." Translated as 'France, is you', that was what French president Charles de Gaulle told footballer Rachid Mekhloufi in 1968. Mekhloufi had just led his Saint-Etienne side to the double, and the reward was an audience with the most powerful man in the country. For Mekhloufi, this sentence brought things full circle. Now he was both Algerian and French; 10 years earlier, he had - in a sense - been neither.

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PosTeamPWDLFA+/-PTSForm
1Enugu Rangers crestEnugu Rangers381911847272068
W
W
W
W
D
2Rivers United FC crestRivers United FC381910944311367
W
W
W
L
W
3Shooting Stars crestShooting Stars38186144140160
L
W
W
W
D
4Ikorodu City crestIkorodu City381610124339458
L
L
W
L
W
6Bendel Insurance crestBendel Insurance381414104438656
D
L
W
W
W
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