President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, has expressed that the landmass' fantasy about delivering a title holder is nearer to reality than any time in recent memory following Morocco's semi last run at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
The North Africans turned into the principal African country to make the semi finals of the World Cup and completed fourth in Qatar.
Talking at the 2022 CAF Remarkable Accomplishment Grant held in Kigali, Rwanda, Motsepe said Morocco's fantasy run given him genuine conviction that an African nation can win the World Cup sooner rather than later.
Morocco at the 2022 World Cup left a mark on the world, the national team of Morocco was playing for individuals of Morocco, yet the whole Africa."
"Their memorable presentation and achievement is a consolation, is an inspiration for everybody on the African mainland."
"Africa has a pleased history of creating probably the best players we have seen at the most elevated level in football, in Europe and somewhere else."
"One of our fundamental goal is to ensure that sooner rather than later, a country from Africa will be successful at the most significant level on the planet and be heroes of the FIFA World Cup."
Africa will have 9 nations addressing at the 2026 World Cup after FIFA extended the opposition from 32 groups to 48 groups for the competition to be joint facilitated by the USA, Canada and Mexico.