Qatar 2022: Ten African countries 5 tickets, who will slip?
Appearance at the FIFA World cup is considered a huge achievement and rightly so because it is the zenith of football competition. Like the Olympics appearance is a plus winning is an added advantage.
This is while qualifiers for the World Cup are taken very seriously and every country insists on parading her best to avoid missing out. This year’s edition, the first to be held in November/December a shift from the traditional May/June is expected to wao the sporting world because of the state of the art facilities being constructed in host Country Qatar.
Naturally it will be a big achievement for any country listed among the 32 countries that will be on parade. Ten African Countries are chasing five tickets and will today begin a two legged clash to cement that ticket. The big question is who will qualify and who will wait for the next four years to try again?
The first leg being played across the continent today will give a peep into how it will all play out in in the reverse fixture scheduled for Tuesday.
On paper you would expect all the hosts of today’s encounter to emerge victorious with massive support of home crowd dubbed the 12th player, but is anything cast on concrete in football? No.
Today is here and only the most determined and most hungry will emerge victorious at the end of 90 minutes. One mistake is enough to earn a point so who will make that costly mistake or better put who will slip? Don’t even blink!
Today’s first leg World Cup play-off fixtures:
Congo DR 16 : 00 Morocco
Cameroon18 : 00 Algeria
Mali 18 : 00 Tunisia
Egypt 20 : 30 Senegal
Ghana 20 : 30 Nigeria