CAF boss Issa Hayatou, has nudged the five African teams at the 2014 FIFA World Cup including the Black Stars of Ghana to strive to reach the last four.
PANA reports that no African team has ever gone beyond the quarter-finals stage of the global football extravaganza.
But Hayatou said a last-four berth at the June 12 to July 13 event by any of Africaââ¬â¢s flagbearers in Brazil would be an icing on the cake.
He said this would be for the successes Africanà football has recorded, especially in the past 26 years of CAF.
ââ¬ÅWhat will make me happy now, after all these achievements, will be to get even more successes for African football,â⬠CAFââ¬â¢s media outlet quoted Hayatou to have said.
ââ¬ÅWe continue with massive strides on all fronts ofà football development and, going into the 2014 FIFA World Cup, I do not see why Africa cannot have one or two of our representatives reach the semi-finals or indeed even the final of the World Cup during my time as President.ââ¬
Africaââ¬â¢s five representatives at the tournament are the Desert Foxes of Algeria, Cameroonââ¬â¢s Indomitable Lions, the Elephants of Cote dââ¬â¢Ivoire, Ghanaââ¬â¢s Black Stars and Nigeriaââ¬â¢s Super Eagles.
Only three African teams â⬔ Cameroon, Ghana and Senegal â⬔ have ever reached the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup.
This was since Africaââ¬â¢s first representation by Egypt at the 1934 World Cup in Italy.