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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

African Team Can Reach 2026 World Cup Final, Says CAF Boss Motsepe

A handout photo made available by the Royal Palace shows Morocco's King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Crown Princes Moulay El Hassan and Prince Moulay Rachid, posing with the Moroccan national soccer team upon their return from the FIFA World Cup 2022 soccer tournament in Qatar, in the Throne Hall of the Royal Palace in Rabat, Morocco, 20 December 2022. (EPA)

African football boss Patrice Motsepe told a press conference in Johannesburg on Wednesday he believes a team from the continent can reach the 2026 World Cup final. 

"Morocco opened the door by reaching the semi-finals this month and I am confident an African nation will go further at the next World Cup," said the South African billionaire. 

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