Day -998 WorldCup2022
Before you look there was no Day -999. Bear with me as I figure what I'm going to do with this project this time around.
If you followed me before you'll know that many days were punctuated with stories and updates of Aston Villa's numerous ups and downs. Not World Cup related, but on my mind. So forgive me if I'm a little distracted by the excitement (scratch that, more extreme nervousness and fear) of VIlla's League Cup final against Man City on Sunday. Of course if Villa win the best thing is we can say, from our old school days talk, that we are better than Real Madrid.
A little World Cup talk. The draw for the second round of qualifying in Africa proves once again what a tough, competitive confederation it is and how a couple of countries with a strong World Cup background will miss out. There are 10 groups of 4 teams and only the group winners move on to the final qualifying round, where the 10 teams will be drawn to play in 5 ties over 2 legs. Only 5 countries make it to Qatar.
Ghana and South Africa are in the same group. Ghana should win that group, right? But you always feel South Africa have World Cup pedigree.
Tunisia and Zambia. The experienced Tunisians and the constantly achieving/under-achieving Zambians. They always seem to be good at the wrong time.
But the biggest one must be Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire, two teams who would be high on any list of expected World Cup representatives from Africa.
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