For Senegal, football’s globalisation has deepened the talent pool and improved development, but they’re still able to call themselves underdogs ⚠️ That makes them dangerous to England 🟢 danielstorey85
It would be wrong to suggest thatunderestimated Senegal ahead of their opening match of the 2002 World Cup; they barely estimated them at all. France were world champions and European champions, Roger Lemerre and his Bleus aiming to become the first country to win two World Cups with a confederation tournament in between. The French were ready to look magnanimous in victory and then switch focus to more difficult assignments.
By 2002, there were only three domestic-based outfield players in France’s squad; you made it and then you left the country. By contrast, all but two of Senegal’s squad played their football in France. The exceptions were at clubs in Morocco and Senegal. The insinuation was clear: thanks for coming, but the hierarchy is obvious. “One day you might be like us.
Assisted by that information age, but aided too by the rise of broadcasting revenues, growth of intermediaries in every continent, improvement of academy facilities and vast scouting networks, football’s globalisation programme has taken place. Nowhere is that better seen than in sub-Saharan Africa, where European clubs have worked to identify and develop the best talent in the region.
History comes into play too: African nations have used the Europe-born diaspora to supplement the national team. Eleven of the World Cup squad were born in Europe.
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