Sunday-OlisehThe former Super Eagles captain believes African teams have all it takes to emerge as world champions

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Former Nigeria captain Sunday Oliseh has predicted that an African team will eventually lift the Fifa World Cup which remains elusive to the continent.

The former Borussia Dortmund player who led the Super Eagles to the France ’98 World Cup said that it is not a near impossible task for an African team to achieve what looks like a tough prospect if only countries could put into place proper planning.

Thus far, African teams have only reached the quarter finals thrice.

“I think an African country will eventually win the World Cup,” Oliseh said on CNN’s Human to Hero series.

“What is lacking now, it’s simple to say what is wrong is that we don’t plan well. We leave the planning [until] it is late.”

He also said that African teams need to begin to focus on more than the physical aspects of the game but on the psychological.

“Africans need to learn how to start pressurizing the opponents. Football has changed now. It’s no longer football where you pick individuals and expect them to do well.

“Now it’s more about team work, team dynamics, team schemes, things that are planned out like how to look at the opponent, how to bring about antidotes to the opponent’s playing star.

“When it comes to physical strength and bursts of speed, you can’t beat an African. But what is lacking now is just that technical and tactical know-how. Then we’ll get it,” he concluded.

Nigeria, Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire, Cameroon and Algeria are the five teams that will represent the continent at this year’s World Cup in Brazil.