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This one is for the whole of Africa

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  Y'all have made us proud, thank you and all the best in the semifinals against France. Impossibility is nothing. (Photo credit: Sky Sports) I'll happily ignore the talks about the fact they don’t see themselves as Africans, it’s a victory for the entire continent and wherever you are under the sun, Morocco has qualified for the World Cup semifinals and we’ll gloat about it. England thought it was coming home and has gone home, the top favorites, Brazil has gone home; Spain scored seven times in their World Cup opener and they have gone home, Germany with their fire powers has gone home, Belgium as highly rated as they are have forgotten they went to Qatar, all hail Morocco. For once in the history of African participation at the FIFA World Cup, the continent will have a representative in the semifinal of the World Cup after Morocco beat Portugal 1-0 on Saturday in their quarter-final bout. One or two lessons from yesterday? Yes, please! I learned from Ronaldo’s saga tha...