African nations, guided by local coaches, strut their stuff at the World Cup

After a disconsolately slow start the African teams finally sprang to life on Sunday at the World Cup in Qatar.

If before the tournament the West Africans were keen to exact revenge against La Celeste for their painful extra-time defeat at the FNB Stadium in the quarterfinal of the 2010 World Cup, they will be chomping at the bit to put one over the Uruguayans on Friday.

Morocco, spurred on by their boisterous and passionate fans, many of whom are based in the Middle East, have every chance of progressing to the last 16 for the first time since they became the first African team to reach the knockout stages of the World Cup in 1986. A draw against Canada, who have lost both their group games, will be enough to secure a place in the second round. A tasty potential meeting with Spain or Germany awaits.

Certainly, Senegal’s Aliou Cisse, who has been in the job for seven years, Ghana’s Otto Addo and Morocco’s Walid Regragui, all in their forties, have proven themselves to be pioneers of the new generation of African coaches who have the tools to lead their national teams to greater heights. Regragui’s credentials are also impressive. The former international defender, born in France to parents who moved from northern Morocco, guided Wydad Casablanca to this year’s CAF Champions League title when they beat 10-time champions Al Ahly in May. Prior to that he piloted Al Duhail to the Qatar Stars League title in 2020.

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