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🚨UPDATE: Morocco 🇲🇦 Sports Minister, Mohammad Saad Berrad, said Morocco is at the World Cup to represent Morocco, not Africa. In his words, the national team competes to represent Morocco first, not Africa as a whole.

Berrad argued that every country has a responsibility to defend its own national interests, honor, and identity whenever it takes part in international competitions.

The sports minister also said Morocco does not need Africa's support.

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Vozinha, 40 year old cape verde goal keeper !
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Cape Verde did not just get a point against Spain.

They collected respect.

Against the European champions, one of the smallest nations in the tournament stood there with lungs, legs, heart, and national pride stitched into every tackle.

Spain had the famous names.

Cape Verde had the hunger.

Spain had the ball for long spells.

Cape Verde had the spirit that makes football beautiful.

This was not just a draw. This was a country telling the world, “We may be small on the map, but do not measure our heart with your geography.”

And honestly, Spain were not exciting to watch. Too much passing without thunder. Too much control without danger. Too much football that looks expensive but feels sleepy.

Cape Verde gave the game its pulse.

Their players fought like every minute carried the voice of their people. Their fans deserved that point. Their country deserved that pride.

Football is not always about the biggest badge.

Sometimes it is about the smaller nation refusing to bow.

source: BBC sport - Fox - Kick Off

🚨 BREAKING: Egypt will NOT be permitted to wear their World Cup jersey featuring the stars. FIFA has requested that they remove the stars prior to their opening match against Belgium. The gold colour used for the players’ names and numbers must also be altered. The stars symbolize Egypt’s record 7 AFCON titles.

🚨🗣️ Hakimi: “In Africa they call us ‘African Brazilians’!”

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𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮’𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁

“Africans have always supported other African countries in every World Cup tournament, but I can’t figure out why our own case is different,” South Africa captain Ronwen Williams said. “Many Africans supported Mexico, not us, the South Africans. We almost shed tears, but it’s truly sad. As Africans, let’s stand for each other, let’s stand together.”