During the past few weeks, all the major leagues and tournaments have been cancelled. As per now, The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) has asked FIFA to postpone the 2022 world cup qualifiers. The confederation has requested to postpone the qualifiers to September 2020.
The World Cup is considered the peak of international football. For nine decades the global competition has produced different results among participating teams. Some familiar results while some are very shocking and surprising.
David Beckham has supported the much controversial decision of awarding Qatar to host the 2022 edition of the football World Cup and said that it was important for the tournament to be taken to various countries so that young fans find inspiration from them and can take up the sport. The 44-year-old star footballer spoke during his visit to the tiny state of the Gulf to watch the Club World Cup. Liverpool will play against Flamengo of Brazil at the final of the championship. Qatar was obviously controversial to be awarded as the tournament way before in the year 2010. Several allegations have come regarding corruption against the bidding procedure up till now.
Indian goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu has said that he expected the Blue Tigers to beat Qatar during last month’s World Cup qualifier in Doha. The Blue Tigers were underdogs against the Asian champions heading into that game but they gave a good account of themselves with Sandhu coming up with a number of key saves.
Vahid Halilhodzic has assumed the role as the new manager of the Moroccan national team. The Atlas Lions will be able to bank on the experience of the 67-year-old, who has spent one season with Nantes. The Bosnian has also played for Nantes. He boasts a remarkable experience when it comes to management in club and international football. He was able to witness to successfully World Cup qualification campaigns with Ivory Coast in Japan, while Algeria were taken to the knockout stages under his leadership in Brazil 2014.
The 67-year-old has claimed that coaching Morocco is a huge responsibility and honour. The primary task for the new manager is to qualify for the World Cup 2022. He has also set a personal target of trying to reach the World Cup 2022 with a fourth different team. Vahid Halilhodzic is no stranger to Morocco after having been in charge of Raja Casablanca, who managed to pick up CAF champions league success in 1997. Morocco witnessed Herve Renard present from his position after the loss to Benin in the Africa Cup of Nations game. Renard’s World Cup were able to reach the World Cup 2018 in Russia but they did not get past the group stages. It also happens to be the first finals achieved by the team since 1998.
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