Former Super Eagles captain and coach Augustine Eguavoen has expressed confidence that African nations have a genuine chance of challenging for the 2026 World Cup title, pointing to the narrowing gap between the continent and football’s traditional powerhouses, Saturday PUNCH reports.
His comments follow an encouraging opening round of matches for African representatives at the tournament. Morocco, Cape Verde, Egypt and DR Congo all secured impressive draws against Brazil, Spain, Belgium and Portugal respectively, while Ivory Coast and Ghana claimed late victories over Ecuador and Panama. Only South Africa, Tunisia, Senegal and Algeria failed to pick up a point from their opening fixtures.
Eguavoen said the balance of power in world football had shifted significantly compared to previous editions of the tournament.
“What we saw like three or four editions back at the World Cup, you could clearly say that Brazil would win it, Argentina would win, Spain or Germany,
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