“Poor infrastructure and poor education are the problems in such countries, “ Rohr told Augsburger-Allgemeine

“This shows in bad conditions, run-down pitches, or neglected stadiums. I experienced this myself in Lagos with its 19 million inhabitants. The poor organization of their championship with constant interruptions was also a problem in Nigeria.

“Most clubs didn’t even have a youth section despite so many playing football. Everything went through private academies that wanted to make quick money by training talent.”

Morocco kept four clean sheets at the World Cup 2022, one more than they had recorded in their first 16 games in the competition between 1970 and 2018. Their total of seven clean sheets is the joint-most by an African nation in World Cup history, level with Nigeria.