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No selection from Africa has managed to pass the group stage of the World Cup but the French and Belgians have 22 players in Russia with connections to the continent.
The first place at the 2018 World Cup decides this Tuesday between France and Belgium.
Although no African team has managed to reach the elimination phase of the World Cup, the French and Belgians bring together a total of 22 players of African descent, with real connections to the continent by origin or family relations.
The great Belgian star, Romelu Lukaku, was born in Europe in Antwerp but is the son of Congolese emigrants. The attacker confided that his childhood was hard but that the departure of Africa was the best that could have happened to him. And it is the reality of many children of African migrants, forced to leave the continent in search of a better life.
The same thing happened with two of the stars of the French national team. Kylian Mbappé (with an Algerian mother and a Cameroonian father), Paul Pogba (with Guinean parents) are just a few examples. No Golo Kanté, the man who occupies the lands of blue spent his childhood collecting garbage in the suburbs of Paris to contribute to the family business.
See the example of the Democratic Republic of Congo Republic. Known as "Leopards", they were only at one point of the competition in Russia, losing their qualification for Tunisia. But perhaps with the help of names like Lukaku, Tielemans or Kompany – who represent Belgium – they arrived at the World Cup and even made one surprise or another.
With that, the two teams almost manage to form two "" to confront each other. On the French side: Mandanda, Sidibe, Umtiti, Rami, Mendy, Kante, Matuidi, Pogba, Dembele, Mbappe and Fekir and Kimpembe, Tolisso and N Zonzi for the bank; On the Belgian side, there is a lack of goalkeepers and players but we have Kompany, Boyata, Fellaini, Dembele, Chadli, Tielemans, Lukaku and Batshuayi.
And there are still more aliens in the teams outside of Africa – Areóla, Varane, Lucas Hernandéz and Lemar have links with the Philippines, Martinique, Spain and Guadeloupe ; while Belgians have Kosovan Januzaj, Spanish Carrasco and Martinic Witsel. Even Antoine Griezmann, another French star of the Deschamps team, has ties to Portugal, with his Portuguese grandfather who even played at Paços de Ferreira.
A battle is therefore planned with similar weapons and much African blood. No other selection has so many representatives of the continent, of course, the originals of the one who was in the race. And one thing is certain: Africa will be present in the final on July 15 in Moscow
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