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THE AFRICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE IS FINALLY KICKING OFF. BUT IS IT A GOOD IDEA?
Cape Town, South Africa – The inaugural season of the African Football League kicks off on Friday with Tanzania’s Simba SC hosting Egypt’s Al Ahly in the first leg of their quarterfinal.
The new continental club competition – spearheaded by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the sport’s global governing body, FIFA – was originally supposed to feature Africa’s 24 best clubs in a mini-league and then knockout format.
But numerous complications have seen the number of teams cut to eight in a knockout format in its first year: the other teams are Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa), Petro de Luanda (Angola), TP Mazembe (DRC), Es Tunis (Tunisia), Enyimba International (Nigeria) and Wydad Casablanca (Morocco).
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WHAT IS THE AFRICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE?
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The first edition of the African Football League will kick off on Friday with the opening game taking place in Tanzania.
It is a new elite club tournament and the brainchild of FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
Speaking in February 2020, Infantino declared that African club soccer needed a new continental competition.
Infantino said that the continent had lacked "proper competition infrastructure" and that existing tournaments - such as the African Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup - were "30 to 40 times less successful than Europe".
He later claimed that the AFL "is set to change the future of club football on the continent".
FIFA president Gianni Infantino is backing the African Football League to "change the future of club football on the continent"
The AFL will be organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in partnership with FIFA.
But what is the African Football League?
