African coaches lead all the home nations in Qatar for the first time

From left: Aliou Cisse, Jalel Kadri (Tunisia), Otto Addo (Ghana), Rigobert Song (Cameroon) and Walid Regragui (Morocco). PHOTO | COURTESY

What you need to know:

  • Aliou Cisse, the man in charge of Africa Cup of Nations champions Senegal, leads four other coaches to football’s grandest stage, seeking to go past the quarter-final stage for the first time since doing so in the 2002 tournament hosted by South Korea and Japan.
  • The other African coaches taking their home nations to the World Cup are Jalel Kadri (Tunisia), Walid Regragui (Morocco), Rigobert Song (Cameroon) and Otto Addo (Ghana).