FIFA World Cup 2026: African teams have performed beyond expectations, says Oliseh

Former Super Eagles’ captain, Sunday Oliseh, has praised the performance of most of the African teams taking part at the ongoing FIFA World Cup.
Ten African teams are currently in the North American countries with Morocco, Cape Verde, two of the standout teams.
“Some of the nations have played and from the 10 nations that played from Africa, six of them have gotten positive results,” he said.

“Six out of 10 isn’t bad and for that reason, I think we’ve done well. I like Cape Verde. The way they played, the organisation. What I saw is that they intentionally didn’t come to the AFCON.
“This is a country with 600,000 people as a population so they have a goal keeper who is now the club hero. If you look at it, Cape Verde has given the best because they played one of the best, most organised teams, Spain and they were able to stand. They played aggressive, they used tactics and they committed very few fouls. And the manager as well.”
Cape Verde, in their first game, played goalless against Spain before forcing Uruguay to a 2-2 draw while Morocco played 1-1 with Brazil while also beating Scotland 1-0.
It was a win and a loss for Cote d’Ivoire against Ecuador and Germany with Egypt currently topping their group after a draw against Belgium and a win against New Zealand.