An African team to win the World Cup ?

[beak]

DR Congo doing well against Portugal. Can’t help feeling Wan-Bissaka would be a shoe in for England at right back.

So far no African team has shone, Ivory Coast were very lucky against the Ecuadorians.

 

[RubinsCube]

So far no African team has shone, Ivory Coast were very lucky against the Ecuadorians.

Morocco looked good as well; I'd say they are the most likely African team to go deep into the competition this year but saying that some of the results are unpredictable so there might be a 2002 Senegal style performance from someone.

 

[Eagle Black.]

Morocco looked good as well; I'd say they are the most likely African team to go deep into the competition this year but saying that some of the results are unpredictable so there might be a 2002 Senegal style performance from someone.

I agree.

 

[Part Time James]

DR Congo doing well against Portugal. Can’t help feeling Wan-Bissaka would be a shoe in for England at right back.

I can't watch it as it makes me thirst for some Um-Bongo

 

[PalazioVecchio]

Portugal are making heavy work of it. Hilarious

 

[Part Time James]

Portugal are making heavy work of it. Hilarious

Where I has previously stated I don't care about the world cup, I would like to now caveat that I would enjoy Portugal being crap.

 

[BromleyMonkey]

Congo have definitely improved since their last appearance in 1974 when they were called Zaire, premier league players who probably had never been near the country until they were called up helps I suppose 🤣

 

[beak]

Congo have definitely improved since their last appearance in 1974 when they were called Zaire, premier league players who probably had never been near the country until they were called up helps I suppose 🤣

After playing together for fifty -two they must have gelled by now. 😉

 

[PalazioVecchio]

I would enjoy Portugal being crap.

Ronaldo is like an over pampered drama queen .. a pantomime dame.

And at 41 he has clearly lost it. There are at least a couple of Worldies sitting on the Portugal bench and not getting a game.

 

[Stirlingsays]

Talent wise they could but structure wise it would be very difficult and unlikely to happen for the foreseeable future.

You need a league that can afford to keep a lot of the talent rather than it going to Europe and elsewhere.

So the probability of an African country's team winning the world cup is unlikely while Africa remains poor....Personally I'd say Nigeria has the best potential.

And I don't see poverty in Africa changing.....the continent has been given trillions and most of it was wasted due to corruption.

But the physical talent is there to do it.

 

[Dogburger]

Talent wise they could but structure wise it would be very difficult and unlikely to happen for the foreseeable future.

You need a league that can afford to keep a lot of the talent rather than it going to Europe and elsewhere.

So the probability of an African country's team winning the world cup is unlikely while Africa remains poor....Personally I'd say Nigeria has the best potential.

And I don't see poverty in Africa changing.....the continent has been given trillions and most of it was wasted due to corruption.

But the physical talent is there to do it.

Does France not count as an African team ?

 

[Stirlingsays]

Does France not count as an African team ?

I couldn't possibly comment.

 

[PalazioVecchio]

Talent wise they could but structure wise it would be very difficult and unlikely to happen for the foreseeable future.

You need a league that can afford to keep a lot of the talent rather than it going to Europe and elsewhere.

So the probability of an African country's team winning the world cup is unlikely while Africa remains poor....Personally I'd say Nigeria has the best potential.

And I don't see poverty in Africa changing.....the continent has been given trillions and most of it was wasted due to corruption.

But the physical talent is there to do it.

Yes, but my main point stands. This week a French-african team beat a proper African team. Not fair.


Reminds me of the Romans. Romans using brits to subject the rebels in the Middle East. And then using Middle Easterner soldiers to attack Queen Boudicca.

Every African (and irish) team is now a B team. With the big European football-powers rigging the game.
So, including Brazil & Argentina , the same old ten countries dominate the World Cup.

The ancestral homelands stay crap. Homelands of Zidane, Mbappe, Olise, Harry Kane & Declan Rice. Wharton stays on the sofa while some donkey starts a game in the WC.

 

[kevlee]

Yes, but my main point stands. This week a French-african team beat a proper African team. Not fair.


Reminds me of the Romans. Romans using brits to subject the rebels in the Middle East. And then using Middle Easterner soldiers to attack Queen Boudicca.

Every African (and irish) team is now a B team. With the big European football-powers rigging the game.
So, including Brazil & Argentina , the same old ten countries dominate the World Cup.

The ancestral homelands stay crap. Homelands of Zidane, Mbappe, Olise, Harry Kane & Declan Rice. Wharton stays on the sofa while some donkey starts a game in the WC.

Isn’t Wharton simply a northerner by ethnicity?

 

[Badger11]

In answer to the OP yes if they have the referee they had in tonights Czech vs South Africa. I only watched the last 10 minutes but the ref gave a penalty to South Africa for handball which was a joke.

With friends like that...

 

[PalazioVecchio]

Turkey are crocked. Germany go from strength to strength.
The likes of Ozil & Gundogan.....wear the germany shirt.
Another great football nation gets short-Changed by FIFA.

 

[McAhuna]

Turkey are crocked. Germany go from strength to strength.
The likes of Ozil & Gundogan.....wear the germany shirt.
Another great football nation gets short-Changed by FIFA.

Isn't it a good thing? That immigrants integrate and adopt their new nation?

People would be complaining much more if they insisted on representing the country they had left behind.

 

[PalazioVecchio]

Isn't it a good thing? That immigrants integrate and adopt their new nation?

People would be complaining much more if they insisted on representing the country they had left behind.

I hear you. And you do have a valid point.

My point is that the origin-nations are engineered to always fail. Zidane for Algeria being illustrative of a much bigger malaise.

Imagine 11 zahas playing for Ivory Coast, instead of either....... a) spending the WC on the sofa or ......b) playing a constantly weakened national team

 

[PalazioVecchio]

Isn't it a good thing? That immigrants integrate and adopt their new nation?

Not when you have 4 plastic paddies on the England team and are watching the WC on RTE

Kane, grealish, rice, mcGuire.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Not when you have 4 plastic paddies on the England team and are watching the WC on RTE

Kane, grealish, rice, mcGuire.

Surely they'd only be plastic Paddies if they were playing for Ireland having been born in England? As it is they've played for the country of their birth.