If the World Cup in Qatar is anything special, it’s especially the way some of the African teams present themselves to us. This particularly fueled José Mourinho, who called on the FIFA management to consider drastic changes that would further favor these teams.
If the World Cup in Qatar wants to show us something, especially what happens when you put quality in one team. Morocco had a strong squad that exceeded expectations, and to everyone’s surprise, they made it to the semifinals.
However, according to renowned Portuguese coach José Mourinho, the Moroccan campaign was a glimpse of what other African teams could have had their players not emigrated to other countries.
“I want people to realize that the African national team is the same as all of us. It could easily have happened that they could have won the entire World Cup had their players not gone to other countries.
I can give you many, many examples of a player choosing to represent a country other than his country of birth. This of course erodes the quality and coincidence of these star names working in teams that are already strong on paper.
For me, I know it sounds ridiculous and might offend some people, but personally I would order FIFA to introduce a rule that a player cannot represent a country other than the one in which they were born. Then you will see how Africa will start to dominate and how the World Cup will be less one-sided.” Mourinho said in a press conference.
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