Musing Moment: DANGER of an African Team Winning the World Cup....
In my view, there is danger lurking around the corner if an African team ever wins the World Cup or truly threatens to do so. There is too much at stake for an African team to do so and for Europe sitting around. At the moment, it isn't a major question because no African team has ever threatened to win the World Cup. None has ever come really close. In almost a century of the Cup, African teams have not even reached the final-four stage! But it is getting close. What happens when it occurs? Can Africa fight back? With African teams increasingly seeking to co-opt players developed in Europe but born to African parents, the stage of the emergence of a competitive African team is not far removed. Yes, Africa is currently attracting the dregs of that talent but it will not be long when the real talents among that group begin to declare for their parents' home teams. We already saw the building of France’s World Cup wins in recen