Another day at the 2022 World Cup, another winless game for Africa. Four African countries have played so and none is yet to win a game or score a goal.
The Indomitable Lions are Afrfrica’s biggest hope at the mundial but the succumbed to a European opposition as Switzerland beat them 1-0 courtesy a brilliant goal by Breel Embolo.
By beating Switzerland, Ghana may have dispatched one of the favourites to win the World Cup - but they will still have to be at their best if they are to get past Portugal in the Group H opener on Thursday.
Morocco’s organisation and energy has set the tone for their World Cup campaign after they earned a deserved point in a goalless draw with Croatia on Wednesday - the third of the tournament and in the space of 24 hours.
Fresh off reaching the semifinals of Euro 2020, Denmark entered the 2022 World Cup with its sights set on another deep run at a major tournament, but its Group D opener against Tunisia is off to a slow start. Despite enjoying majority of possession, the Danes could not pick all points at stake and settled for a drawn game.
Senegal found out right away how much it’s going to miss Sadio Mane at the World Cup. The African champions despite a spirited performance lost 2-0 to the Netherlands in their opening game.
In a game of precious little quality, Cody Gakpo and Davy Klaassen provided late goals, although both owed plenty to some very poor goalkeeping from Edouard Mendy.
The most extreme case of a professional footballer’s ignorance of the game according to the UK’s Guardian newspaper was displayed by Joseph Mwepu Illungu, a former defender of Zaire now DR Congo. It was a group two game between favourites Brazil and the then African Champions Zaire. Alunga as he was sometimes called run out of his team’s defensive wall and kicked away a Brazillian freekick.
