Morocco and Tunisia qualified for the World Cup on Saturday, taking Africa’s last two places. The qualification of Morocco and Tunisia signalled an apparent shift in African soccer, giving North Africa three teams at the World Cup and more than any other region for the first time since 1986. Morocco’s win in Abidjan gave coach Herve Renard success over his former team and the country he led to the African Cup title in 2015. The failure to reach the World Cup after being ever-present since 2006 will put pressure on coach Marc Wilmots. Had Tunisia lost, the two teams would have finished level on points and goal difference and Congo would have taken the World Cup place for scoring more goals in the qualifying campaign.

Source: National Post November 11, 2017 19:30 UTC