The last step before the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The ten African teams still in the running for qualification met their opponent in the play-offs this Saturday in Douala (Cameroon). The draw, organized on the sidelines of the African Cup of Nations with the presence of the Togolese Emmanuel Adebayor and the Senegalese El-Hadji Diouf, had some good results in store.
Liverpool Reds strikers Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mané will face each other in a clash between Egypt and Senegal, two selections still in the race for the final victory at the African Cup of Nations. The reigning African champion, Algeria, stunned by its elimination from the CAN in the group stage, will face Vincent Aboubakar’s Cameroon.
A second participation in a row for Morocco?
Already adversaries during the CAN, in a match that caused controversy, Mali and Tunisia will meet next March for a play-off that promises to be explosive. Vahid Halilhodzic’s Morocco will face the Democratic Republic of Congo for a second consecutive participation in a World Cup following that of 2018.
Nigeria, brilliant since the start of the CAN and more than ever favorite for the title, will have to get rid of Ghana. The various meetings will take place on the format of home and away matches. The selection that wins over both oppositions will win their ticket to the World Cup in Qatar.
