This is from the wikipedia page on the style of play of Igor Akinfeev the the Russian goalkeeper:

"In 2005, UEFA's Pavle Gognidze praised Akinfeev for being a "cool-headed" goalkeeper in spite of his young age, commenting: "On top of confidence, Akinfeev can also boast cat-like reflexes and excellent aerial ability while he is quick off his line to deal with crosses and through balls. Handy with his kicks, what makes him so remarkable for his age is his positional sense – so well developed that the ball seems drawn towards him."

These words were spoken in 2005 and they are as true today as they were 13 years ago. I had never heard of him before today but he is already my most favorite player in the world cup. That was an amazing performance against Spain. That last save will be remembered for many years to come.

That dude waving the Kenyan flag in Russia vs Spain

Reverse engineering

I see it differently. With only two slots, african teams will prepare for qualification rounds adequately, and this will be an adavantage ,when the real tournamnet starts. In most cases you have a team like Nigeria, pooled with Kenya, Sudan and maybe Tunisia. In this case,Nigeria has to only plan adequately for Tunisia, because kenyan cannot offer any competition to them with players, who party more than they train and too much miraa in their blood system. If Africa would have only two groups, or one group, and the top two qualify, nigeria would have to play Tunisia, ghana, senegal, morocco ,Egypt etc. These would even make the qualification games more interesting to watch

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