Africa Football Discussion Thread || Current discussion: African teams at Qatar.

[snipie]

There is a vote on top and only two answered for the moment.
I voted France since they are more powerful in case they will be able to limit the movement of Messi. If they fail to limit him then Argentina will win tho.
Deschamps is accommodating the team regarding their opponents tactics and weakness.
Otherwise, I think a poll with the winners of the last games poll would be interesting too:
- France - Morocco
- France - Croatia
- Argentina - Morocco
- Argentina - Croatia

[Oluwa-btc]

Football isn't a game of luck, but sometimes you can become lucky and that happens in every field of life. Morocco didn't use luck to get to the semi finals, they deserved it as they were the better side for almost all the matches they played. They had the best defense in this world cup tournament and conceding just three goals of which two came in their last game to knock them out of the tournament and the other was a home goal in previous match. France on paper are a better team with more experience than Morocco so it's no surprise they won. They're the current champions and are the best team to defeat Argentina (who has been favoured all through this tournament).

France are more like an African team and I can relate with them so they're my obvious pick to win it all. The goodnews I read online was that Real Madrid has given Benzema a go ahead to participate in the finals. This is goodnews as France has additional support if they find it difficult to break the Argentina defense which I don't think it'll be hard to achieved.

At times football comes with luck also, who'll find yourself not stressing and everything goes in favor of you that day that moments, most I've experienced is with hard work, you have got to work hard before you get a deserving win.
For Man, Our Moroccan brothers didn't get to the level they're lightly, imagine beating two European sides and one calls that luck ?! Damnit! Give credit to who deserves it.

Well played yesterday, the happiness is that two players in the Manchester United squad are in the finals together and one of em will definitely emerge as the winner. In as much as I don't want Argentina winning, I'll still want to remain neutral.

Karim Benzema back ? That's wonderful news, Sweet Jesus! I'm keen to see what formation Didier Deschamps uses, Argentines are good defending side's, I can bet they'll keep anyone silent, but best they start with Oliver Giroud since he's got a better height than those defender's.

[flipme]

Morocco conceded an unfortunate goal at the start of the match. I think this goal came really early and messed up all of Morocco's game plans. Despite this, they played well against France. They were the dominant side throughout the match and they had many scoring chances but were unable to balance the score. Especially if El Yamiq's aesthetic volley shot had been a goal, the match could have entered a very different atmosphere. Frankly, before the match, I thought that France would win the match more easily, but they did not win this match easily. They scored an early goal and took advantage of the score throughout the game. Morocco were close to reaching the final in this match. If they had been a little more accurate on the final shots, we could be talking about a huge surprise today.

[Agbe]

Morocco conceded an unfortunate goal at the start of the match. I think this goal came really early and messed up all of Morocco's game plans. Despite this, they played well against France. They were the dominant side throughout the match and they had many scoring chances but were unable to balance the score. Especially if El Yamiq's aesthetic volley shot had been a goal, the match could have entered a very different atmosphere. Frankly, before the match, I thought that France would win the match more easily, but they did not win this match easily. They scored an early goal and took advantage of the score throughout the game. Morocco were close to reaching the final in this match. If they had been a little more accurate on the final shots, we could be talking about a huge surprise today.

Morocco controlled/possessed the ball more than France but France used the small opportunity given to very well and scored their goals. Morocco has a good defense but the strikers are the problem and also Morocco would scored the most powerful goal in the tournament but ball touched the goalkeeper's hand. Morocco was really having the confidence to equalize and that was why they were playing with all their alacrity but irony was the case. But they still make African proud. I was not expecting Morocco to come this far. Most of the Africans were supporting Senegal to come this far but pull out on the way. The way Morocco played yesterday was impressed by many Africans.

[KTChampions]

I am proud of Morocco even though they didn't win France. But they dominated the match. Football is a game of luck that means France was lucky to win the match upon all the attacks from the opponent.

Some people are saying that African football is for fun while their counterparts are to win trophies. And when I critically or mere looking into the saying, there is an element of truth. I will accept the saying until no see African team wins the world cup tournament

I think you are greatly mistaken, since the ability to realize goal moments is one of the main factors of skill. There is no luck here, only skill. Morocco were almost on equal footing with France yesterday, but France has more skillful players, so they were more effective and deservedly won.
It will be very interesting to watch the game for third place as Croatia is a tough nut to crack and if Morocco wants bronze they will have to give it their all again.

[Zackgeno96]

The major absentee from the World Cup was Egypt, which always managed to assemble a decent team. Senegal may have been somewhat disappointing at the World Cup, but if you lose the first match against the Netherlands, you know that it will also be very difficult. It was great that they still managed to qualify for the eighth finals, but you saw the big difference in strength with England. Morocco has reached the semi-finals, I don't think there will be a country from Africa that will ever do so well again. It had also never been seen before. Cameroon was close in 1990 but gave away a 2-1 lead against England.

[SatoPrincess]

I am proud of Morocco even though they didn't win France. But they dominated the match. Football is a game of luck that means France was lucky to win the match upon all the attacks from the opponent.

Football isn't a game of luck, but sometimes you can become lucky and that happens in every field of life. Morocco didn't use luck to get to the semi finals, they deserved it as they were the better side for almost all the matches they played. They had the best defense in this world cup tournament and conceding just three goals of which two came in their last game to knock them out of the tournament and the other was a home goal in previous match. France on paper are a better team with more experience than Morocco so it's no surprise they won. They're the current champions and are the best team to defeat Argentina (who has been favoured all through this tournament).

France are more like an African team and I can relate with them so they're my obvious pick to win it all. The goodnews I read online was that Real Madrid has given Benzema a go ahead to participate in the finals. This is goodnews as France has additional support if they find it difficult to break the Argentina defense which I don't think it'll be hard to achieved.

Morocco did not depend on luck to get to the semi finals of the world cup, getting to the semi finals was well deserved because they were outstanding and very impressive from the first game of the group stages so placing them in a space of luck kind of downplay the hard work the coaches and the players put in to get that far in the competition. They have represented Africa and I am proud of them for their efforts.

[Wakate]

I am proud of Morocco even though they didn't win France. But they dominated the match. Football is a game of luck that means France was lucky to win the match upon all the attacks from the opponent.

Football isn't a game of luck, but sometimes you can become lucky and that happens in every field of life. Morocco didn't use luck to get to the semi finals, they deserved it as they were the better side for almost all the matches they played. They had the best defense in this world cup tournament and conceding just three goals of which two came in their last game to knock them out of the tournament and the other was a home goal in previous match. France on paper are a better team with more experience than Morocco so it's no surprise they won. They're the current champions and are the best team to defeat Argentina (who has been favoured all through this tournament).

France are more like an African team and I can relate with them so they're my obvious pick to win it all. The goodnews I read online was that Real Madrid has given Benzema a go ahead to participate in the finals. This is goodnews as France has additional support if they find it difficult to break the Argentina defense which I don't think it'll be hard to achieved.

Morocco did not depend on luck to get to the semi finals of the world cup, getting to the semi finals was well deserved because they were outstanding and very impressive from the first game of the group stages so placing them in a space of luck kind of downplay the hard work the coaches and the players put in to get that far in the competition. They have represented Africa and I am proud of them for their efforts.

There is no downplay anywhere because if you really mean effort and energy then Brazil and Portugal wouldn't have gotten defeated in the first place. This world cup is really u predictable that is why we are seeing so many strange things happening in most of the matches. Morocco had really tried there best to reach quarter final which is very impressive. I hope to see them next time doing much better.

 The world cup is very impressive to me seeing Messi reaching the final round with his team mates fr Argentina also seeing France which was the country that won the previous world cup defeating Croatia to win the world cup.  

[trendcoin]

Morocco did not win the semi-final match, but won the hearts of almost everyone. Their successful games marked the tournament and some of their players came to the fore with this tournament. I think one of them was Sofyan Amrabat. In the second half of last night's game, Mbappe's attack from the left, he sprinted brilliantly and stole the ball with great timing. I likened his playing style to Patrick Vieira. His confident movements in positions reminded me of Patrick Vieira. He is a little faster than Patrick Vieira, his technique is not as good as Patrick Vieira, but he is very similar to him with his playing style.

[Igebotz]

Morocco did not win the semi-final match, but won the hearts of almost everyone. Their successful games marked the tournament and some of their players came to the fore with this tournament. I think one of them was Sofyan Amrabat. In the second half of last night's game, Mbappe's attack from the left, he sprinted brilliantly and stole the ball with great timing. I likened his playing style to Patrick Vieira. His confident movements in positions reminded me of Patrick Vieira. He is a little faster than Patrick Vieira, his technique is not as good as Patrick Vieira, but he is very similar to him with his playing style.

Morocco was by far the most dangerous team yesterday, and they had the most scoring opportunities, but they didn't take advantage of them; I think they were a little unlucky. Had they taken their chances, the outcome might have been different.

There is no downplay anywhere because if you really mean effort and energy then Brazil and Portugal wouldn't have gotten defeated in the first place. This world cup is really u predictable that is why we are seeing so many strange things happening in most of the matches. Morocco had really tried there best to reach quarter final which is very impressive. I hope to see them next time doing much better. 

Portugal was completely outplayed by Morocco, I'd say Morocco was better prepared than Portugal. I can't say the same for Brazil because they lost in a penalty shootout. In order to succeed in football, you must be organized and possibly have a little bit of luck.

[Tony116]

Morocco conceded an unfortunate goal at the start of the match. I think this goal came really early and messed up all of Morocco's game plans. Despite this, they played well against France. They were the dominant side throughout the match and they had many scoring chances but were unable to balance the score. Especially if El Yamiq's aesthetic volley shot had been a goal, the match could have entered a very different atmosphere. Frankly, before the match, I thought that France would win the match more easily, but they did not win this match easily. They scored an early goal and took advantage of the score throughout the game. Morocco were close to reaching the final in this match. If they had been a little more accurate on the final shots, we could be talking about a huge surprise today.

Morocco controlled/possessed the ball more than France but France used the small opportunity given to very well and scored their goals. Morocco has a good defense but the strikers are the problem and also Morocco would scored the most powerful goal in the tournament but ball touched the goalkeeper's hand. Morocco was really having the confidence to equalize and that was why they were playing with all their alacrity but irony was the case. But they still make African proud. I was not expecting Morocco to come this far. Most of the Africans were supporting Senegal to come this far but pull out on the way. The way Morocco played yesterday was impressed by many Africans.

I don’t think Morocco will be sad or anything like that. Because they have achieved more than what they imagined in my opinion. And a big problem was some of the players were carrying injuries in this match for Morocco. Otherwise, I think this match could have been close. I know a lot of people are going to look at the statistics and say that this was a close match, but that is not a correct statement. France was quite happy to play in this match. They did not have to face too many difficulties except for certain periods when Morocco was attacking well.  At least I did not expect Morocco to go this far in the tournament. I think we expected that France going to win this match. But it was not as one-sided as many of us thought it would be.

[Sithara007]

LOL.. when I first saw this thread, not even in my wildest dreams I imagined that it will stay alive up to the very end of the competition. To be fair, I wasn't expecting any of the African teams to progress from the group stage. And now we have Morocco who will play tomorrow against Croatia for the 3rd place. And it is going to benefit them financially as well. If they end up with the 3rd price, they will receive $27 million. Even in case they lose, there is no need to get disappointed. The fourth placed team will be getting $25 million from the FIFA.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

LOL.. when I first saw this thread, not even in my wildest dreams I imagined that it will stay alive up to the very end of the competition. To be fair, I wasn't expecting any of the African teams to progress from the group stage. And now we have Morocco who will play tomorrow against Croatia for the 3rd place. And it is going to benefit them financially as well. If they end up with the 3rd price, they will receive $27 million. Even in case they lose, there is no need to get disappointed. The fourth placed team will be getting $25 million from the FIFA.

I was never in doubt of Africa causing a shocker at the years world cup, I actually thought Senegal will be the one to achieved what Morocco has achieved so far but immediately there was report of Sadio Mane been injury I knew they can't go far, I was even surprised they made it out of the group staged. Sadio Mane is a very important figure in the Senegalese team that his absence was definitely going be felt and that was the case. Now to Morocco, they almost angered us after routing for them.

There were reports of their players and fans saying they were playing for the Arabic nations and not African. I didn't take it to heart though as I still wanted them to make history which they did, now all is left is to defeat Croatia and achieved that 3rd position which no African teams has ever achieved. Atleast with that achievement people won't underate African teams at the tournament again and come 2026 with Africa having a possibility of 11 representative, we can definitely caused more shocker and probably win the tournament (yes it's possible) because we'll be having all strength at the tournament.

[Oluwa-btc]

LOL.. when I first saw this thread, not even in my wildest dreams I imagined that it will stay alive up to the very end of the competition. To be fair, I wasn't expecting any of the African teams to progress from the group stage. And now we have Morocco who will play tomorrow against Croatia for the 3rd place. And it is going to benefit them financially as well. If they end up with the 3rd price, they will receive $27 million. Even in case they lose, there is no need to get disappointed. The fourth placed team will be getting $25 million from the FIFA.

LOL..... It's a good thing to finally see how far they've come and it'll go down over the years of our Moroccan brothers being the first African side to get to this level and if they also win the third runner's up, I'll be so much glad.
I agree with you, if I was to see one of the African side's coming this far , it would have been Senegalese National Team and Cameroon honestly, but Morocco inspite of the odds shocked the World, won two European giants and came to this level not by luck but by team work and hard work.

Congratulations to Morocco once again..... Gutted they're not in the finals but reaching this far gladdens me heart. 💪🏿🖤

[LUCKMCFLY]

After losing their first penalty in the game, which was supposed to give them the best chance of qualifying, Ghana began to lose to Uruguay. However, they were unable to do so, and Uruguay was able to capitalize on their first two opportunities to win the game. Will Ghana be able to contribute in the second half? , they must tie the score or even win the game if they want to qualify, failing which they will once again have to bid the world cup farewell.

Ghana have a better chance to qualify than Uruguay because a draw will see them through if South Korea and Portugal match ends in a draw. But it seems the Uruguay team have outclassed the Ghanaian side. The are controlling the game and have also created more opportunities than the Ghanaian side. It would be a great disappointment to Africa if Ghana fail to win this match because I expect at least three African teams to make it to the second round. Three African teams in the second round would boast the continent's chances of reaching the semi-finals which is my personal target.

The Ghanaian is not showing any sign that this second half would be a better one. The technical team should change strategy because Ghana needs to score goals.     

Well, it wasn't enough for Ghana, it's a pity, because I know what the Captain of Ghana has fought to get through, but they found Uruguay who put all the "Garra Charrúa" on him and boy did they win forcefully, sometimes the Tiredness can wreak havoc on what you want.

On the other hand, I would like to acknowledge the great effort of the African teams in this World Cup, they did not show a low level of football, quite the contrary, what is missing is more training, but they are about to be at the highest level of world football, I think If he continues this work for the next World Cup, they will all go to the round of 16.

Argentina win today has made the chances of Morroco and Africa winning the World Cup smaller. If Crotia would have gone to the finals and Morroco eventually survives France, it will not be a difficult task for Morroco.
But as it stands now, even if Morroco tries to win France, the final will still be very difficult for them.
But I sincerely wish them well butbi didn't think this will be the World Cup of the underdogs

Well, if achieving greatness was ever easy. I guess a greater number of the world population would all be great individuals, and maybe greatest wouldn't be as great as we see it today, it would be seen as a common thing like we see other common things, greatness wouldn't be celebrated like we celebrate today.

And how do we achieve greatness?
Achieving greatness for most people simply means - doing the impossible, that is getting through successfully with something majority out there believe to be impossible to do.

Morocco beating France today appears impossible for majority of people, and if by chance together with luck and good play, they end up beating France....
Beating Argentina is another task majority think is impossible for Morocco, but if they can get through this two teams successfully, I tell you that Morocco team will automatically become one of the greatest players in the world of football, people will talk about them, celebrate them after this world cup is over and on till the next world cup, because to many, they have done the impossible.
I wish them good luck today.

I'm just saying something, nothing is impossible, what Morocco has achieved is worthy of being a champion, if they maintain their conviction in having that futuristic and positive vision they can win third place, if Croatia is one of the strongest teams in the world. They came to these instances for a reason, but Morocco is also competing for this position and that means that they have the right level to be competing in the World Cup and be able to reach that place, which is not bad at all. I sincerely would like Morocco to win, because they are an African team that has been an example and they really deserve to get to third place, hence what they can achieve is already a gain, and I am very happy for the whole African continent.

[KTChampions]

LOL.. when I first saw this thread, not even in my wildest dreams I imagined that it will stay alive up to the very end of the competition. To be fair, I wasn't expecting any of the African teams to progress from the group stage. And now we have Morocco who will play tomorrow against Croatia for the 3rd place. And it is going to benefit them financially as well. If they end up with the 3rd price, they will receive $27 million. Even in case they lose, there is no need to get disappointed. The fourth placed team will be getting $25 million from the FIFA.

I think that despite the fact that most of the players of the Moroccan national team do not play in top clubs like Ziyech, Hakimi or Mazraoui and the financial aspect is significant for them, the main achievement will be that they have gone so far in this prestigious tournament and apparently set a high bar for all African teams. In general, the players are wealthy people and after this tournament, many of them will receive better offers than they have now.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

LOL.. when I first saw this thread, not even in my wildest dreams I imagined that it will stay alive up to the very end of the competition. To be fair, I wasn't expecting any of the African teams to progress from the group stage. And now we have Morocco who will play tomorrow against Croatia for the 3rd place. And it is going to benefit them financially as well. If they end up with the 3rd price, they will receive $27 million. Even in case they lose, there is no need to get disappointed. The fourth placed team will be getting $25 million from the FIFA.

and after this tournament, many of them will receive better offers than they have now.

This is absolutely certain for sure, they Moroccan players have not just made their country and the whole of Africa proud alone, they have also earned better standing for themselves and have upgraded their worth in the world of football, like you said, after the world is over, Moroccan players are gonna be sort after by EPL clubs.

And to add to it all, I was also reading a news this evening stating that fifa has picked Morocco to host 2023 world cup, this is a great achievement for the country and Africa at large
https://punchng.com/fifa-picks-morocco-to-host-2023-club-world-cup/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social

[Zaguru12]

And to add to it all, I was also reading a news this evening stating that fifa has picked Morocco to host 2023 world cup, this is a great achievement for the country and Africa at large
https://punchng.com/fifa-picks-morocco-to-host-2023-club-world-cup/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social

The biggest achievements the Moroccans will receive after bonus is that many top clubs will come for them. ONuahi is already been scouted by Barcelona, Amrabat is scouted by Epl teams and Bono is on the radar of Bayern Munich to replace Injured Neuer. Hakimi Zyche might have also resonated his career with his World Cup performance, many top clubs will be lying around for his signature sooner. So it is a win win for Morocco.


Its actually the club World Cup that will be hosted there. It was like a compensation for them after they got there bill to host 2026 World rejected four years ago

[GiftedMAN]

LOL.. when I first saw this thread, not even in my wildest dreams I imagined that it will stay alive up to the very end of the competition. To be fair, I wasn't expecting any of the African teams to progress from the group stage. And now we have Morocco who will play tomorrow against Croatia for the 3rd place. And it is going to benefit them financially as well. If they end up with the 3rd price, they will receive $27 million. Even in case they lose, there is no need to get disappointed. The fourth placed team will be getting $25 million from the FIFA.

African teams have always been underrated because of their inability to lift the world cup trophy so it's not a new thing if no one expected the African teams to get to this point. I was expecting Senegal and Ghane to get to the knockout stage but the injury of Mane deter a lot of fans including me who were expecting a good performance from Senegal here we are today celebrating the progress of Morocco who did not just make it to the knock out stage but went ahead to reach the semifinals with a brilliant display in the field of play.

The possibility of Morocco winning against the Croatian team tomorrow is high because following their performance in the competition I don't see Croatia who was poor in performance against Argentina defeating them but even though they lose tomorrow the money is nothing to be compared with the honor and pride they have given Africa but I believe Morocco will win tomorrow against Croatia.

[SatoPrincess]

Morocco conceded an unfortunate goal at the start of the match. I think this goal came really early and messed up all of Morocco's game plans. Despite this, they played well against France. They were the dominant side throughout the match and they had many scoring chances but were unable to balance the score. Especially if El Yamiq's aesthetic volley shot had been a goal, the match could have entered a very different atmosphere. Frankly, before the match, I thought that France would win the match more easily, but they did not win this match easily. They scored an early goal and took advantage of the score throughout the game. Morocco were close to reaching the final in this match. If they had been a little more accurate on the final shots, we could be talking about a huge surprise today.

The early goal was a setback for the Moroccan team but lets be factual, the French team were just too tough for the Moroccan team. They played well in the match but France have a very formidable attack too good to break through the Moroccan defense opening them up and created good chances to get two goals in the game. Morocco had some good chances too but were unable to find the back of the net but in the end I am proud of this Moroccan team for their confidence and professionalism through out the competition.