Now that all five African teams have been eliminated from their World Cup trophy bids, African media and fans are busy analyzing the African teams’ sometimes controversial, and definitely historic play. Here are 10 media and fan tweets about African World Cup soccer.
1. TNC Africa
Transfer News Central, which provides the scoop on all things African soccer related, recently tweeted this regarding the Algerian team:
#ALG President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has urged Vahid Halilhodzic to stay on as Algeria head coach following their FIFA WorldCup exploits.
Zambia didn’t have a team competing in Brazil, but the online Lusaka Times newspaper still published an editorial weighing in on the continent’s World Cup future:
African teams seemed to be mired in scandals of various types during the World Cup, including one involving match fixing between Cameroon and Croatia, that led a BBC sports writer and broadcaster to tweet this to his nearly 50,000 followers:
ICYMI: Fifa says there is no evidence “so far” of World Cup match-fixing after allegations about Cameroon’s defeat by Croatia. #CMR#africa