This is definitely good news for the African continent, as the World Cup's history book just got a new page.
When will an African team win the World Cup?
No African country has ever advanced to the World Cup semifinals or taken home the coveted championship.
After witnessing Senegal, the top team in Africa, according to the FIFA rankings, compete in the World Cup, I'm certain it's time for African teams to implement a new strategy or set of policies that would allow them to maximize rewards even if winning the trophy proves to be elusive.
Senegal wasn't able to advance past the round of 16, which disappointed me. Instead, Morocco did the unthinkable by defeating Spain to advance to the quarterfinals. All of the African countries' hope is now placed in Morocco as they get ready to face Portugal, who also qualified for the quarter finals.
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Don't miss the match because there is a chance of another page in the World cup history to be written by Morocco. The Morocco versus Portugal match will be played on December 10 at 6 p.m.
New Policy or Strategy Proposal.
My recommendation is to implement a rule limiting calls up for the national team to 20% of players competing in foreign leagues, with the remaining 80% going to those competing in home leagues.
Many people would argue that players who compete in domestic leagues lack experience, but my concern is whether or not players who compete for abroad, clubs can compete with other great athletes on the international stage.
Only a small fraction of players possesses qualities that can be matched on a global scale, and the rest would find it difficult to compete even in local leagues.
The primary benefit of implementing this strategy is...
- It will provide a stage for developing fresh talent
- It will encourage the government, public and the private sector to fund or sponsor the game.
- More talents would be showcased on a worldwide scale for export, building a large pool of players playing in foreign clubs that will help boost the GDP and other developments.
I learned yesterday from the news that the cabinet has approved Kenya's bid to co-host the 2027 AFCON. My sole query is: given that this is fantastic news, what do you think needs to be done?
In general, the African continent has a lot of untapped talent that has to be professionally organized and supported by the right infrastructure in order to be very valuable in fostering sustainable development.
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