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Former Super Eagles captain, Sunday Oliseh, has picked Cape Verde arsenic his astir awesome African state astatine the ongoing 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The tiny federation is making its debut astatine the tourney this year.
They played retired a 0-0 gully with European champions Spain successful their archetypal crippled astatine the World Cup.
Their show led to a batch of praise from fans and pundits.
Africa has already produced a fig of eye-catching results. Ghana and Ivory Coast recorded victories implicit Panama and Ecuador, respectively.
Morocco played retired a 1-1 gully against Brazil, DR Congo held Portugal to a 1-1 draw, Egypt shared the spoils with Belgium.
South Africa, Algeria, Senegal and Tunisia, however, suffered defeats successful their opening matches.
“What federation has impressed maine the most? For me, I person wholly go a Cape Verde fan,” Oliseh said.
“I’m adjacent reasoning of buying a summons to spell and sojourn the state once. Because the mode they play, the organisation, this is nary joke. This is thing that has been worked upon. What I had felt erstwhile I went to the AFCON was that they intentionally did not travel to the AFCON.”
2026 World Cup: Oliseh snubs Morocco, Ghana, names Africa’s astir awesome team
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