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Erling Haaland makes predictions on the performance of the African teams at the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has made his predictions on the African team he believes will perform at the upcoming 2022 Qatar World Cup.
The Man City forward believes of the five African teams at the World Cup, Senegal will be the strongest and will perform better than Ghana, Cameroon, Tunisia and Morocco.
The Lions of Teranga have had a fruitful 2022; they won their maiden Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) after beating Egypt.
They went on to defeat the same opponent 3-1 in a penalty shootout to seal their place at the FIFA World Cup finals in Qatar.
Cameroon, Ghana, Tunisia and Morocco are the remaining four continental representatives.
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Haaland, who won’t be at the World Cup because Norway didn’t make it, has supported the West African country to advance the farthest in the African continent’s competition.
“I think Senegal will do really well,” Haaland, who has been scoring goals for fun at Manchester City, told SuperSport TV.
“They are a strong team and they have so many strong players. So I think Senegal will do the best out of [the African teams].”
This is the third time Senegal have made it to the World Cup. Their debut was in 2002 when they went all the way to the last eight. However, in 2018 they failed to get out of the group stages.
They are a part of Group A in this year’s competition, along with the hosts Qatar, Ecuador, and the Netherlands.
Senegal’s World Cup campaign will begin on November 21 against the Netherlands, followed by matches against Qatar on November 25 and Ecuador on November 29 in order to advance to the knockout rounds.