Ex-Nigeria Midfield maestro Austin Jay Jay Okocha has referred to the upcoming semi-final World Cup clash between Morocco and France as AFCON final.
Okocha made this statement while featuring on the Super sports show on cable TV.
TheNewsGuru reports that Morocco shocked Portugal 1-0 to qualify for the semi-final of the tournament on Saturday, with their opponent France also eliminating England 2-1 from the Mundial on same day.
More than half of France’s players for the 2022 World Cup could have played international football for an African nation if they wanted to.
France’s main striker and World Cup leading highest goal scorer with 6 goals, Kyllian Mbappe has three roots in Africa, namely (Nigeria/Cameroon/Algeria)
Dayot Upamecano (Guinea-Bissau), Ibrahima Konaté (Mali), Eduardo Camavinga (Angola)
Axel Disasi has Congolese root, Matteo Guendouzi was originally from Morocco, Jules Koundé for Benin Republic, while Tchouaméni has Cameroon blood flowing in his veins.
Moreso, Ousmane Dembélé (Mali), Randal Kolo Muani (Congo), Youssouf Fofana (Mali), Steve Mandanda (DR Congo), William Saliba (Cameroon).
Dayot Upamecano (Guinea-Bissau), Ibrahima Konaté (Mali), Eduardo Camavinga (Angola) and Mbappe (Nigeria/Cameroon/Algeria) are the other players of African descent in the France squad.
The FIFA World Cup match between France and Morocco will be played on December 14 at the Al Bayt Stadium at 13:00 GMT.
The Atlas Lions of Morocco will be aiming to reach the final of the World Cup and also aim to win it for the first time for Africa.
They had already set the record of being the first African nation to reach the semi-final of the World Cup.