President of World Football governing body, Gianni Infantino has lauded the performance of the African teams in the 2022 world cup.
For the first time in the history of the world cup, an African country made it to the semi-final, a feat that drew applauses from all walks of life, including the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari.
A dogged Morocco put up a sterling performance to become the first African country to achieve the feat of semi-finalist at the 2022 world cup.
The African country defeated Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal in the quarter final to reach a historic first ever Semi-final but failed to progress to the finals as they were brushed aside by a star-studded France team.
In his remarks, the FIFA boss said “I want to congratulate Morocco, hat. And also I want to congratulate the other African teams. Senegal made it through the group stage. They played against a very strong England.
“And also Cameroon, Ghana and Tunisia. Fighting until the last minute to qualify. This puts on display the level of African soccer. I am very happy. The moment of African soccer was always about to arrive. And it finally did.”
Also, Infantino said that from the next edition, which will take place in the United States, Canada and Mexico, twice as many African teams will qualify. Indeed, the World Cup will be held in 2026 with 48 teams instead of 32 until now. It was stated that 9 or 10 places will be allocated to African soccer.
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