BEVERLY HILLS, August 10, (THEWILL) – Former German international, Miroslav Klose, says an African country can win the FIFA World Cup if the continent is given more slots like its European counterpart.
The former Bayern Munich striker disclosed this during a chat with Soccer Scenes Africa.
Africa gets only five slots out of the 32 slots while Europe and South America have 13 and five slots respectively.
Five countries from Europe have won the World Cup (England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain) and three from South America (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay) have lifted the trophy on football’s biggest stage.
And according to Klose, the five slots allocated to Africa limits the continent’s chances of winning it.
He said: “There is no way Africa can win the World cup, unless FIFA brings balance to the number of teams that qualifies to the World cup.
“For now it is advantage to Europe and South America. The slot for African teams is very bad. Only five teams in a world cup that has almost 13 European teams. If Black lives really matter, we should show it by actions in every institution not only by kneeling down.
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“We need to balance everything, no one must be considered superior than the other. Despite all the talent they have, but it would be absolutely impossible to go all the way to reach the World cup final with only five teams in the tournament, meanwhile other continents have more than five.”
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