In three months’ time, African football
fans will be glued to the TV whether in the comfort of their homes or at the
bars and pubs enjoying the beautiful game of football as they cheer the five African
nations that will be raising the flag of Africa up high. On many occasions,
African countries seem to go to the World Cup Finals as a way of making up the
numbers only, however, this time it’s a different picture as the five African
nations that are representing Africa have massive talents in their ranks. Below
we look at each of the five teams, their World Cup group,and key players. Betting is a massive thing in
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Egypt,
Group A- Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Uruguay
The political turmoil in Egypt disrupted
every facet of life in the country but it now seems everything is starting to
get back together once again. Egypt qualified for the World Cup for the first
time since 1990 and the team would like to show it’s a force to reckon with.
They have a good group,to say the least,
Russia is the host country and they will have the 12th man but talent
wise, Egypt is superior. The same can be said of Saudi Arabia leaving Uruguay
as the big guns. With Mo Salah, they have a player at the top of his game and
they can bank on him to pull them through.
Morocco,
Group B- Portugal, Spain,and Iran
It’s going to be tough for Morocco to
qualify to the Round of 32 as they have to get past either one of Portugal or
Spain or even both to qualify that is if they manage to beat Iran. It’s a tough
quest but that is not to say it’s undoable. They have the top class defence to shut up shop in Acraf Hakimi and
Mehdi Benatia but they will need the forward line of Sofiane Boufal and Adel
Tarrabt to be at the top of their game.
Nigeria,
Group D- Argentina, Iceland, and Croatia
On paper, Nigeria’s group is not difficult
for it to progress. There is
one scary team and two teams that Nigeria on their day would defeat. Nigeria
and Argentina played a friendly towards the end of last year with Nigeria
emerging as victors. The match in Russia will be difficult however as there is
more at stack but if Nigeria can shut up shop at the back and take their
chances, then they stand a chance of taking something out of this game. Iceland
showed its good during the UEFA Euro in 2016 while Croatia can blow hot or cold
at major tournaments. Nigeria will look to Alex Iwobi, Victor Moses,and Wilfred Ndidi to put in the good
performances.
Tunisia,
Group G- Belgium, Panama, and England
Tunisia finds
themselves in a tough group. A result is needed in all three of their matches
in order for them to stand any chance of progressing. The team doesn’t have
many star players but will look to Adel Taider, Aymen Abdennour, and Wahbi
Khazri for inspiration.
Senegal,
Group H- Poland, Colombia, and Japan
All eyes in Africa will be on Senegal.
Player for player, Senegal is Africa’s best team right now. All of the 11 first
team players that Senegal played in the qualifiers play for top teams in
Europe. Unfortunately or fortunately they have a tough draw meaning the players
have to perform. However, with the experience,
they have in their ranks such as Sadio Mane, Kalidou Koulibaly, and Moussa Sow
hopefully they will pull through.
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