therealowlman t1_ixttj2s wrote
Reply to comment by SilentBob890 in [StatmanDave] Senegal have become the first African team to win a game at the 2022 World Cup. Lions of Teranga roar. by dragon8811
No, not really. They aren’t invalids, they are the African Champions and they played the worst team to see a World Cup in decades.
Anything but a win would have been embarrassment for them
SilentBob890 t1_ixvjbez wrote
They have very different resources for training than athletes from other countries could get.
JanklinDRoosevelt t1_ixvnibo wrote
They’re still a far better team than Qatar, and far better than even some of the European and South American teams (with Mane). It would have been an embarrassment if they didn’t beat Qatar
Self_World_Future t1_ixvpwms wrote
It’s still an achievement to make it that far and get a win.
There are plenty of less impressive feats that are hailed as monumental achievements. This one just happens to mean a lot to a whole continent of people.
JanklinDRoosevelt t1_ixvqftj wrote
No, it’s really patronising to make a big deal out of the African Champions comfortably beating a team they should comfortably beat. This is just business as usual, and is meaningless to anyone outside of Senegal.
If they got to the semi finals or something then it would be an achievement, but this is just meeting their lowest expectations. Stop being disrespectful
rookie-mistake t1_iy4dmx2 wrote
tbf they've never been to a world cup and not won a game, according to wiki they were in the QFs in 2002
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