Ambitious Morocco lead the World Cup charge for Africa
Daily Maverick | 14.06.2026 05:22
Despite being viewed as villains on the continent on the back of how they treated their fellow African soccer heavyweights Senegal in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final, Morocco come into the 2026 Fifa World Cup as heavy favourites to advance the furthest out of the 10 African teams participating in the latest instalment of the quadrennial soccer extravaganza. However, the Atlas Lions may not reach as far as they did four years ago in Qatar.
