kolkata moroccos entry into the semifinal of the world cup could be the beginning of a transformation of the sport in africa where it has always been very popular but disorganized said experts in kolkata they have achieved a pathbreaking victory which could change the way the world looks at africa not just as a footballplaying continent but as a whole they feltmoroccos win has finally broken the glassceiling and showed that african countries can compete with the best on the world stage said rashmi chowdhary honorary consulgeneral of morocco in kolkata she watched the match at the consular office on saturday night with more than 50 consular staff and the first secretary incharge of cultural affairs at the morocco embassy in delhi kamal marzouka who had flown in for the screening with his wifeall of us cheered for morocco and were confident that morocco will win its a dream come for true for the country and will inspire all other african countries like cameroon and senegal that have played well at the world cup but failed to make it to the last four this memorable win will inspire the rest to go the distance said chowdharymorocco has played fearlessly so far and got the better of teams like canada and spain before facing portugal on saturday said marzouka last nights match was a landmark one for the entire afroarab world our players have proved that they belong to the highest level and deserve to be among the best even win the world cup it was an incredible victory for it came against an european powerhouse one of the many reasons behind our brilliant performance is the fact that many of our players are part of european leagues that have sharpened their skills added marzoukahe added that saturday was a big day for his country and the celebrations back home would be wild if they won the semifinal kinshuk chatterjee professor of history at calcutta university said this remarkable win could see more funds being pumped into the game across africa which could have a minor financial benefit but more african nations will have to excel in football at the world stage and emulate morocco for that to happen said chatterjee now we will probably see a more organized effort in african countries more football promotion institutionalization of the game that can give it a major boost he addedhe said most european teams now have african immigrants as their key players but they will still be attracted to play in european leagues that offer a more professional structure and better scope for growth for african football to develop over a longer period of time more teams must excel said chatterjeethe win however could encourage the ruling disposition in morocco to use it for political and social manipulations warned maidul islam political scientist at the centre for studies in social sciences kolkata they might claim credit for this and use it to divert attention from more serious issues but this will