Mondial 2026 : Le pronostic du maire de New York, qui voit la France perdre en finale contre un pays africain
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a passionate football fan, has given his prediction for the 2026 World Cup, scheduled from June 11 to July 19. He envisions Morocco becoming the first African nation to win the World Cup by defeating France in the final.
Morocco, world champions in 2026? Just days before the 2026 World Cup, co-hosted by the United States, Zohran Mamdani is already looking ahead to a scenario that could change the course of world football history. Interviewed by The Guardian as part of a prediction game about the competition, the mayor of New York surprised everyone by suggesting Morocco as the future world champions. His scenario predicts a victory for the Atlas Lions against France in the final.
This stance is not insignificant. Mamdani himself admits to not being a big football fan on a daily basis, but he remains a fervent soccer enthusiast, a relatively rare profile in the American political sphere, which is more oriented towards American football, basketball, or baseball. An avowed supporter of Arsenal, recently crowned English champions after a twenty-two-year wait, he has never hidden his passion for the beautiful game. In recent months, he notably attended Eid al-Adha prayers in the Bronx wearing a kurta in the London club's colors and, at the beginning of the year, organized a dedicated evening for the Africa Cup of Nations final in a municipal courthouse.
A rematch against France and a first African title
Beyond a simple prediction, Zohran Mamdani's projection resonates with one of African football's greatest ambitions. Should Morocco lift the World Cup trophy in 2026, they would become the first African nation in history to win the title. Even more remarkably, the Atlas Lions would also be the first representatives of the continent to reach a World Cup final, a feat never before accomplished since the competition's inception.
The symbolism would be all the more powerful given that the opponent designated by the Mayor of New York is none other than France. A match-up that would inevitably recall the 2022 World Cup semi-final in Qatar, when Les Bleus ended Morocco's exceptional run with a 2-0 victory. That campaign remains the absolute benchmark for African football in a World Cup, as no other team from the continent had managed to reach the semi-finals before Morocco's feat.
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