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The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Round of 16 draw has been finalised, after several shock Group Stage results including wins by lower-ranked teams Morocco and South Africa.
World Cup debutants Morocco pulled off a stunning Group Stage win against Colombia on Thursday to set up a next-round match against France. South Africa will play the Netherlands.
Some internet users have pointed out that in these two matches, as well as the upcoming England v Nigeria game, former colonial powers will be pitted against countries they once colonised.
“Get in babe it’s time to decolonise,” one user wrote in a tweet with screenshots of the match start times.
Others were calling the matches “coloniser derbies”, “colonial derbies” or “decolonisation derbies”, while one user referred to the tournament as the “FIFA Reparations Cup.”
“Not THREE colonial derbies in the #FIFAWomensWorldCup round of 16,” another user wrote…
