Maher Mezahi
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248 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 1 Jul
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Sounds crazy to say because I think people that don't follow African football are surprised to see a team of 500, I mean a nation of 500,000 sort of compete on the global stage like this.
But
Like I said, they really do have, I think, unique team culture.
The coach, Bubista, you know, was a player, was a captain, forces them all to speak Creole to sort of encourage team unity.
And the thing about Cape Verde is that it's a country, when I was speaking to people today and when I've spoken to people that have visited the country in general,
I think they probably have the healthiest approach to diaspora than any other country in the world.
It doesn't matter if you leave the country.
It doesn't matter if you come in.
They're completely open to the freedom of movement and to different cultures within the squad.
I do think that's probably one of their greatest strengths, for sure.
In Algeria, sometimes we say that they're playing handball, even though we know they're playing football.
But it's that thing.
If you watch a handball match, they just go side to side, side to side, around the box.
And then somebody finally decides to jump in and take a shot from outside the box.
And it doesn't really work.
That's how it kind of felt Spain were playing until I think Tom's absolutely right.
When Laminia Mall came on, actually, the lady that I was speaking to prior, her name was Kayla.
Hello, if you're listening.
She goes, we ain't scared.
And I kind of said to myself, I'm a little bit scared, actually.
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