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Despite the need to take Afcon to all zones of African football, Motsepe insists that doesn’t mean under looking the quality of infrastructure especially the pitches.
Caf President Patrice Motsepe has backed Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania to have a good tournament come 2027 when the three nations host the Africa Cup of Nations.
Motsepe was speaking to the press in an interactive briefing in Rabat when veteran journalist Mamadou Gueye raised a concern on whether the three nations will pull it off after Morocco 2025 has set the bar high.
“I have a duty to develop football all over Africa,” he started. “We cant host the Afcon in only four countries that we believe have got all the infrastructure but you have to create opportunities for other countries to build infrastructure at the level of the world cup that we want them and develop football in those countries,” he explained.
“I am confident that the Afcon in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda will be successful. There will be challenges like the world cup in Qatar. And like we are going to the world cup now in United States, Canada and Mexico, there will be challenges.
“That is why I was insisting that the CHAN takes place in those countries even though they were not ready in February and I was convinced that helps in organising the Afcon in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.”
Despite the need to take Afcon to all zones of African football, Motsepe insists that doesn’t mean under looking the quality of infrastructure especially the pitches.