A new map of African football

About the Moroccan national team – written by Badr Al-Din Al-Idrissi
The thirty-fourth edition of the Cup has passed
Africa for the Nations, the first half of which ends with the end of the first round, or what is termed the group stage, and we witnessed in it what was shocking, in terms of surprises. If we had returned to the process of things and the margin of development of the teams, we would have reserved the word “surprise.”
The second and final half, which charts the path to the title, will be exciting and not risky, because the margin of error in it is very small, and because the scope for compensation is almost…
None.
It is certain that what emerged from the group stage presents to us the true model of African football, where some pillars were shaken, some islands were flooded, and many edifices fell from their summits, as evidence that the rule of monopolizing the tops of traditional schools has been broken, and that we are in the process of a qualitative breakthrough and a new formation of centers of power. .
Only two teams from the heads of the six groups matched the expectations by mastering their group: the champion Senegalese team, which finished its three matches with full marks, and thus did not joke with any of its rivals, and the Moroccan World Cup team, which extended its complete control over the sixth group, and conceded once under duress. About winning against the Congolese team, in addition to that, the thunder of surprises rang out in the other four groups: the Ivorian team, which was thrown into the hell of elimination by the Equatorial Guinea quartet before the Moroccan team rescued it by defeating the brass bullets, the Algerian team, which was expelled by the Almoravids out of humiliation and disgrace, and the Tunisian team. Which was impossible for it to fly against its three opponents, so it bid an early farewell, then the Egyptian team, which qualified for the round of 16 as second in the group without any victory, and with a defense that cracked on six occasions.
Those who say, in the face of this strange scene, that logic was not respected, and by that they mean the logic of experience and authority, perhaps they have forgotten that what governs football today is another logic, which is the logic of serious work, working in depth, and accelerating steps to reduce differences, and this is exactly what happened with teams that were neglected by nominations. Such as Equatorial Guinea, Cape Verde, Angola, Namibia, and Mauritania.
All of these teams, which have rebelled against descriptions and even against positions, as they pass through the quarter-finals, will be faced with a test of patience and the ability to manage critical confrontations that require a lot of acumen and savvy, rather than boldness and enthusiasm. Therefore, I believe that the one who escaped with the skin of the elders may rise to him. Terrible voice in the knockout rounds. Whatever the case, and whatever the outcome, “Can Côte d’Ivoire” revealed a new map for African football.