Nigerian football is in a romantic relationship with a calculator. They are so much in love that Nigerian fans are demanding for a divorce and are willing to go to any length to tear them apart. Why do you want to tear husband and wife? The curse of the almighty will be upon you. But Nigerian fans do not care! Why?
This is the story. On Good Friday, April 25, 2016, the Nigerian senior soccer team tagged the Super eagles tackled Egypt in a make or mar African Nations Cup Qualifier. The encounter was feisty, the players were ready to spill their blood for the country, and Kaduna fans risked their lives while the pessimists waited for Nigeria’s downfall. They did not disappoint the pessimists. The Super Eagles led 1 nil for most part of the game but in the 92nd minute, Egypt scored to draw level. Nigeria was only rescued by the referee to stop us from losing the match. They bite their lips regretting why they supported the Eagles.
Immediately after the match, Nigerian football embraced by calculator and said I love you so much. Nigerian fans started-Egypt-7 points, Nigeria-5. If Nigeria defeats Egypt in the second leg, we will have 8 points bla…bla…bla…but in the second leg, Nigeria lost scandalously and this ended the hopes of Nigeria qualifying for the nation’s cup.
Nigeria’s situation was not helped by Chad which withdrew from the qualifiers because of financial constraints. All the teams in the group had to lose 3 points. This means that Nigeria cannot qualify as one of the overall second best thing. Now the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has taken Confederation of African Football to The Court of Arbitration for sports to challenge the deduction of 3 points from Nigeria. Nigerians are watching.
Recall, after Nigeria won the nations cup in 2013, she did not qualify for the 2015 Nations cup. The same calculator was used to sum up our chances of qualifying. We lost out. Even at the 2014 World cup in Brazil, the calculators were out again as sports pundits offered different scenarios in which Nigerian MAY qualify even through the backdoor.
There are myriads of problems with Nigeria football that may not allow it divorce from calculator. The NFF who hired an intern as a coach and failed to pay his salary (A perennial problem), corruption, the lethargic players who lacked an iota of patriotism, absence of a style of play, poor grooming of talents, neglect of Nigerian league players and absence of sound coaches among many other diseases.
Now it is rumored that Nigeria will employ the services of a foreign coach but they are yet to pay the local coaches. Many Nigerians want to give on Nigerian football and focus on the English premiership. But they are always giving the Eagles chances. At end they were disappointed.
The World cup qualifiers will soon kick off. Nigerians needs to go on a 40 days and 40 nights fasting and prayer for Nigerian football to divorce from calculator or else the same thing will repeat it again. Nigeria and Nigerians do not learn from past mistakes. This has pinched has a nation and steeped the development of the country. Nigerian football is a reflection of the larger problems facing Nigeria!
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