Maher Mezahi
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 1 Jul
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I think it might be the worst defeat of all time in World Cup history against Yugoslavia.
And then there were other various scandals, a very embarrassing performance against Brazil as well.
So for them to come and to just be competitive and to make it out of the group stages with this group of players that has been together with this coach that has been together for the last two, three years, it does kind of feel like that in itself is a victory.
They're going to give it everything they have against England.
They are capable of an upset, but I just think that the chances are quite low.
I had my hopes pinned a little bit on actually Cote d'Ivoire, and they were just eliminated by Norway, unfortunately.
Look, I think getting nine African teams out of the group stages into the knockouts has been an incredible accomplishment.
But for me, what it proves more than anything
is that we have a very deep middle class in African football.
We have a lot of good teams.
And I think we could even throw teams like Nigeria, Cameroon, Mali, Burkina Faso in there.
I think they could have gotten out of this format of the World Cup.
They could have gotten out of the group stages as well.
But we don't have many great teams.
is what you saw Morocco do against the Netherlands.
They can go up against an elite side, or what they did against Brazil as well, and they're not just sitting in a low block hoping for a result, as we'll see Congo probably do against England.
They'll actually meet the other team in the middle of the pitch, and they'll take them on, and they'll be the more ambitious side.
They'll be wanting to win rather than just get a positive result.
I think in Africa we have two, maybe three.
It's Morocco, Cote d'Ivoire, and Senegal.
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