In fact, the Asian team, South Korea, played in the semi-finals of the World Cup back in 2002 and ended up fourth in the world, just like Morocco now.
At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Ghana played in the quarter-finals against Uruguay and in the last minute of the game did not use the penalty to win and advance to the semi-finals.
So, it was obviously only a matter of time before an African national team played in the semi-finals of the World Cup and finally Morocco managed to do it last year at the World Cup in Qatar.
In the future, I expect that the difference in quality between national teams from different continents will decrease even more and we will see even better results from African and Asian national teams.
For South Korea, there was a lot of buzz as to how they got to the semifinals. Rumor has it that there was cheating that allowed South Korea to reach the semifinals at the 2002 World Cup. Even so, I don't dare to assume too much because after all this rumor has been around for a very long time.
In the 2010 world cup, Ghana was able to advance to the quarter-finals against Uruguay and the score ended 1-1 which in the end had to be resolved through a penalty shoot-out. whereas, at that time Uruguay was filled with several stars such as Suarez, Cavani and Diego Forlan.
For Maroco, the underdog team that was initially underestimated. but in fact, they were able to advance to the semifinals. uniquely, Morocco is not too strong. but they have a spirit of nationalism that makes it able to overthrow the leading team.
In the future, it looks like the African continent has good prospects for the development of its football. maybe, in the 2026 cup some countries from Africa can surprise us. for Asia, the development of Asian football is far behind. in particular, asean. I don't think it's time for Asian countries, the ASEAN division to appear in the world championship competition.