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Ambassador Diallo names the African nation that can reach final of 2022 World Cup

African cham­pi­ons Sene­gal have been tipped to reach the final of the 2022 World Cup com­ing up in QatarSene­gal’s Ambas­sador to Qatar Dr Mohammed Dial­lo is of the view that his coun­try can reach the final­Sa­dio Mane and his team­mates are in Group A and will be fac­ing Qatar, Ecuador and the Nether­lands­Dr Mohammed Dial­lo who is the Ambas­sador of Sene­gal to Qatar has stat­ed emphat­i­cal­ly that his nation can reach the final of the 2022 World Cup con­sid­er­ing their sta­tus as African champions.Bayern Munich strik­er Sadio Mane will be lead­ing his oth­er team­mates in the Sene­galese nation­al team to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar which will be start­ing on 20 November.There is no doubt about the fact that the Sene­galese nation­al team are one of the strongest in the world going by the play­ers they parade in the first team.Read alsoBanyana Banyana looks to rebound quick­ly after Brazil­ian real­i­ty check­Am­bas­sador Dial­lo tips Sene­gal to reach final of 2022 World Cup.
Pho­to by Ayman Aref­Source: Get­ty Ima­gesIn the his­to­ry of the FIFA World Cup, no African nation has ever reached the final, but Dr Mohammed Dial­lo believes Sene­gal can break the record accord­ing to the reports on Com­plete Sports and Penisular.Exciting fea­ture: Check out news exact­ly for YOU ➡️ find “Rec­om­mend­ed for you” block and enjoy!Dr Mohammed Dial­lo’s reac­tion about Sene­gal’s cam­paign for 2022 World Cup“I’m hon­oured as a Sene­galese to be part of this his­toric World Cup which is held in the Mid­dle East for the first time.“Like every Sene­galese fan, I hope my nation­al team will progress far into the tour­na­ment and per­haps even play in the semi-final and final. We are African cham­pi­ons and it isn’t impos­si­ble con­sid­er­ing our players.“The Sene­galese fans in Qatar and those com­ing from abroad for the World Cup, of which we expect at least 3,000, have been antic­i­pat­ing this event with eager­ness. They’ll be the 12th Lion.”Read also1998 World Cup win­ner believes Ghana can reach the final in Qatar 2022Ghana’s Black Galax­ies beat Nigeria’s Super Eagles Team B to CHAN tick­et on penaltiesEar­li­er, Sports Brief had report­ed how Black Galax­ies of Ghana have secured qual­i­fi­ca­tion for the Africa Nations Cham­pi­onship (CHAN) to be held in Alge­ria next year. Hav­ing won the first leg 2–0 in Kumasi, Ghana head­ed for the reverse fix­ture at the Mos­hood Abi­o­la Sta­di­um, know­ing that a draw will do. How­ev­er, the Super Eagles B put up a hard-fight­ing per­for­mance with goals from Zulk­i­filu Mohammed in the 76th minute and Chi­jioke Akune­to in the 94th minute send­ing the game into a penal­ty shootout where Ghana edged Nige­ria 5–4. Ghana return to CHAN, hav­ing missed the last three edi­tions of the tour­na­ment, while Nige­ria miss the com­pe­ti­tion back-to-back. Source: Sports Brief News