Djihad Bizimana, the captain of Rwanda, has stated that during the start of the 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign, teams like South Africa and Nigeria undervalued his team in Group CBizimana claims that when the Super Eagles and Bafana Bafana played their first qualifying match, they both believed that Group C would be simple for them. Although South Africa and Nigeria were predicted to qualify automatically for the 2026 World Cup, they no longer control their own destiny as the last matchday draws nearBizimana told reporters during the press conference on Monday: “This group, if you look at the first game, maybe you could see that Nigeria or South Africa thought it was going to be easy for them from the beginning.” If you are playing till the very end of the campaign, it indicates that every team in the group was a contender, which now demonstrates that the level of African competition is getting better for all of the teams.
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