‘Morocco straight to the World Cup final’ - Atlas Lions backed to go all the way after finishing top of their group

07:47 WAT 02/12/2022

Many supporters believe the North Africans are capable of making history in Qatar by reaching the semi-finals and beyond

Fans in Africa feel Morocco are the team from the continent capable of making World Cup history by reaching the final in Qatar.

Morocco qualified to the Round of 16 as group winners from a pool which had 2018 finalists Croatia, and Belgium, third-place finishers four years ago, following a draw against the Croats and wins over the Red Devils and Canada.

The performance has impressed the supporters and they feel the North Africans have shown enough to prove that they can match any team at the tournament.

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Africa proving them wrong

African victories. For everyone to see and naturally believe. Particularly for those who, in the first round, many of them disparaged the African teams. And from the second day to this, African teams started to restore fairness and reality. African teams are also good and can play good football and beat other world teams. - Jose Maria Carvalho Furtado
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Morocco will reach final

Africa is well represented. Morocco topped the group that has the ‘second-ranked team.’ Straight to the finals. - Gray Njima
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Ghana & Cameroon next

Ghana and Cameroon loading. Africa is having an amazing tournament. - Freddy Williams
Ghana next, at least an African team to progress to the final, it's now or never. - Leel Mohd
I am just praying for Cameroon to beat Brazil and Ghana to surprise Uruguay then I will be at the World Cup. - Oryem Henry
Cameroon and Ghana, no matter what happens, go to the round of 16. Be it on broken legs or bloodied faces just match on. We can't afford the Tunisia mistake. - Abuna Romano
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Cameroon can beat Brazil

I think Cameroon have an even better chance of scaling through than Ghana because it's a dead rubber game for Brazil. - Olufemi Arojojoye
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Senegal to the final

I actually had a dream that Senegal got to the final of the World Cup. - Obatayo Ade
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Africa closing the gap

We are closing the gap. Soon Africa will be crowned champions. - Geoffrey Abuor
Africa the time is now, let’s achieve this together. This World Cup trophy is coming to Africa. - Stankahlen
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No other country will qualify

Put a full stop on your list because not any other side will go through. - Peter Njia
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Morocco, Senegal only contenders

These are the only two African contenders and the rest who might later joined them are pretenders. I'm sorry if it hits anyone. - Andrew N Ogbuleke
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Ziyech looks different now

He looks totally different from the player we know at Chelsea. - Ralph Okhiria
The guy is a gem of a footballer. [Graham] Potter is the one spoiling his talent at Chelsea. - Ebenezer Ofori
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World Cup coming to Africa

Congratulations to the Moroccans. You are making Africans proud. It's time for the Africans to come home with the World Cup. - Chika Anyanwu