After Uzbekistan and Jordan, an African team could compete in the World Cup for the first time in its history: Cape Verde! Blue sharks (Tuburies Azuls in Portuguese) lead the dance in the group D of African qualifiers and can drive the nail during the reception of Cameroon, their dolphin, this Tuesday afternoon in Praia (6 p.m. in France, live on the Live Foot Team).
The Indomitable Lions are in a critical situation after conceding three zero results in seven days, against Libya (1-1) Angola (1-1) and Eswatini (0-0). Three and a half years after his surprise qualification at the 2022 World Cup, during a damage against Algeria, the Cameroon of André Onana and André-Frank Zambo Anguissa can let the Cabo Verde escape (the official name of the country).
The 3-0 success against Eswatini (ex-swaziland), last Thursday, nevertheless recalls the offensive forces of the Cameroonians, with Vincent Aboubakar, Bryan Mbeumo and Georges-Kevin N'koudou before, without counting the eternal Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting at the end of the bench.
Cameroon in dams?
Cameroon has every interest in finishing in mind to qualify for the World Cup 26 in North America. Only the first of the nine groups are directly qualified. The top four seconds will compete in a final oven to determine the representative of the continent who will participate in the intercontinental dam in March 2026. Six selections will compete for the last two coveted sesames.
After good results at the CAN (8th finals in 2021, quarter -finals in 2023 but non -qualification for the next edition in Morocco this winter), the Capverdians do not intend to let the opportunity to play a World Cup. The archipelago can count on the children of its European diaspora. Steven Moreira and Willy Semedo are Ile-de-France residents, Sidny Cabral, Jamiro Monteiro and Dailon Livramento were born in the Netherlands and defender Pico Lopes is Irish!
