First time, African Football Club makes World Cup Finals

By Dana Malcolm

Staff Writer

#Qatar, December 12, 2022 – In what is being described as one of the most unpredictable in the tournament’s history some of the biggest names in football including the No.1 team in the world was booted out of the FIFA World Cup last weekend and one African team in particular made history.

We are down to four; defending champions France; former finalists Croatia; hopefuls Argentina and complete wildcards Morocco who managed to send home one of the world’s top teams.

It was a weekend of tears and disbelief as Croatia first sent Brazil packing on Friday with some brilliant goalkeeping by Dominik Livakovic in penalty shootouts denying the No.1 team all but a single goal.  It caused pandemonium in football fans worldwide as bets were lost and a select few won big.

It was a dramatic scene following the match as a crowd favorite Neymar Jr. collapsed on the ground in shocked tears.

But the drama was not over, on Saturday for the first time in history, an African team made their way to the semi-finals of the World Cup as a determined Morocco barreled past Portugal, denying Cristiano Ronaldo any chance of a World Cup title this year.

France the title holders, unsurprisingly, sent England home to the chagrin of English fans and Argentina won a nail biting match over the Netherlands in penalties.

This week Argentina takes on Croatia on Tuesday at 2PM and France goes head to head with Morocco on Wednesday at 2pm.

Will Argentina and France go against each other again in the final, recalling their 2018 match when the French sent home the blue and whites in the round of 16?  Will Morocco make history yet again and become the first African team in the World Cup final?  Will Croatia steamroll over Argentina and face France in the finals, a callback to 2018 once again?

Given the nature of the tournament so far football fans must be prepared for anything.