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by sayala
Sat Dec 17, 2022 8:24 pm
Forum: FIFA World Cup QATAR 2022
Topic: Africa is not good at football
Replies: 185
Views: 31458

Re: Africa is not good at football

Africa isn't good at modern football. Atlas Lions is made up of players who grew and learned their football in Europe. Starting with the coach Regragui who was born in Paris. Amrabat was born in Utrecht. And so forth. Many can't speak Arabic or any Berber dialect. Football-wise Morocco is a Europea...
by sayala
Sat Dec 17, 2022 5:00 pm
Forum: FIFA World Cup QATAR 2022
Topic: Africa is not good at football
Replies: 185
Views: 31458

Re: Africa is not good at football

Africa isn't good at modern football. Atlas Lions is made up of players who grew and learned their football in Europe. Starting with the coach Regragui who was born in Paris. Amrabat was born in Utrecht. And so forth. Many can't speak Arabic or any Berber dialect. Football-wise Morocco is a European...
by sayala
Mon Jul 25, 2022 5:35 pm
Forum: WORLD FOOTBALL
Topic: CAF Women's Young Players of the Year. Two Naija
Replies: 17
Views: 870

Re: CAF Women's Young Players of the Year. Two Naija

Don’t know why you say ‘coerced’. It’s another of those views that suggests we Africans don’t have a mind of our own, or no expertise or are not capable of taking an independent stand. Intersex issue is a complex one and it causes great concern with no easy answers. Intersex athletes are clearly at...
by sayala
Wed Jul 13, 2022 8:50 pm
Forum: WORLD FOOTBALL
Topic: CAF Women's Young Players of the Year. Two Naija
Replies: 17
Views: 870

Re: CAF Women's Young Players of the Year. Two Naija

CAF has now been coerced into asking Intersex players to reduce testosterone in order to be eligible. As a result, Barbara Banda of Zambia has been sidelined from AWCON. The next one to be sanctioned might be Clara Luvanga of Tanzania, pictured here in the middle https://cdn.tanzaniaweb.com/imagelib...
by sayala
Tue Jun 15, 2021 6:40 pm
Forum: WORLD FOOTBALL
Topic: Scotland 0 - Czech Republic 2
Replies: 11
Views: 961

Re: Scotland 0 - Czech Republic 2

What was the keeper thinking?
by sayala
Tue Dec 08, 2020 5:36 pm
Forum: WORLD FOOTBALL
Topic: RIP Maradona; Dead at 60.
Replies: 70
Views: 9151

Re: RIP Maradona; Dead at 60.

Rest in Power Diego

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by sayala
Wed Dec 11, 2019 2:31 pm
Forum: WORLD FOOTBALL
Topic: Russia banned from all sports - will miss 2022 WC
Replies: 22
Views: 14081

Re: Russia banned from all sports - will miss 2022 WC

While some people are still reading conspiracy theories, more Russian athletes have come forward to blame their own officials for this fiasco. Mariya Lasitskene , former world high jump champion, puts the blame squarely on Russian officials "Have we done an internal investigation? Who was punis...
by sayala
Tue Dec 10, 2019 10:20 pm
Forum: WORLD FOOTBALL
Topic: Russia banned from all sports - will miss 2022 WC
Replies: 22
Views: 14081

Re: Russia banned from all sports - will miss 2022 WC

If the ban is based one the old charges, then I think this ban is excessive and geo politically motivated. Its not based on old charges. In fact after state sponsored doping was discovered. Russia was given a get out of jail card. All they had to do was submit their testing data. Instead they manip...
by sayala
Tue Dec 10, 2019 7:37 pm
Forum: WORLD FOOTBALL
Topic: Russia banned from all sports - will miss 2022 WC
Replies: 22
Views: 14081

Re: Russia banned from all sports - will miss 2022 WC

You think the Russians are fickle and don't recognise the silly politics being played out. The love of mother Russia will not make them miss anything, this is where patriotism comes to the fore. The russians who believe that this is a global conspiracy against russia are well and truly brainwashed....
by sayala
Tue Dec 10, 2019 4:11 pm
Forum: WORLD FOOTBALL
Topic: Russia banned from all sports - will miss 2022 WC
Replies: 22
Views: 14081

Re: Russia banned from all sports - will miss 2022 WC

From what I am reading, russia could still be allowed to play in the WC. However they will not be allowed to call themselves Russia or make official use of the russian flag. Anything is possible at this point. If this happens however, I am sure putin will ensure that the russian media still refers ...
by sayala
Tue Dec 10, 2019 3:33 pm
Forum: WORLD FOOTBALL
Topic: Russia banned from all sports - will miss 2022 WC
Replies: 22
Views: 14081

Re: Russia banned from all sports - will miss 2022 WC

From what I am reading, russia could still be allowed to play in the WC. However they will not be allowed to call themselves Russia or make official use of the russian flag. Anything is possible at this point. If this happens however, I am sure putin will ensure that the russian media still refers t...
by sayala
Wed Jun 12, 2019 3:27 pm
Forum: WORLD FOOTBALL
Topic: FIFA NEEDS TO STOP SENDING TEAMS HOME AFTER 3 GAMES AT WC'S
Replies: 21
Views: 11641

Re: FIFA NEEDS TO STOP SENDING TEAMS HOME AFTER 3 GAMES AT W

I agree with the OP. I've said this before. My opinion: There should be a longer league stage and a much shorter knockout stage. Instead of groups of 4 teams, there should be groups of 8 teams. There is no point having a team knocked out of contention after 2 games. Here in the states for example, t...
by sayala
Sun Jun 09, 2019 3:41 am
Forum: EAGLES NEST
Topic: Nigeria v Norway Game thread 0-3 ref dey kill us
Replies: 346
Views: 90027

Re: Nigeria v Norway Game thread 0-3 ref dey kill us

Cellular wrote:This our Keeper is at fault for 2 of the goals.
Just watched the highlights. Two were own goals and one was a powerful shot from point blank range. How the heck can the goalkeeper be blamed for any of those goals?
by sayala
Wed Apr 17, 2019 4:00 am
Forum: EAGLES NEST
Topic: EXPLOSIVE: CAF, Ahmad & Story of Corruption......
Replies: 7
Views: 6342

Re: EXPLOSIVE: CAF, Ahmad & Story of Corruption......

He is no better than Hayatou Confederation of African Football (CAF) president, Ahmad Ahmad has been accused of corruption and abuse of office, in what could potentially be the latest scandal to rock the football world. A senior official, Amr Fahmy, who levelled the allegations against the president...
by sayala
Mon Feb 04, 2019 8:07 pm
Forum: EAGLES NEST
Topic: 2000 NIGERIANS STILL IN RUSSIA 6 MONTHS AFTER WC ENDED
Replies: 19
Views: 7516

Re: 2000 NIGERIANS STILL IN RUSSIA 6 MONTHS AFTER WC ENDED

Its all good. There are thousands of Russians over-staying their Visa in USA esp Florida
by sayala
Mon Dec 17, 2018 4:07 pm
Forum: EAGLES NEST
Topic: Lobi and Rangers advance on the Continent
Replies: 15
Views: 7712

Re: Lobi and Rangers advance on the Continent

Lobi won 2-0 in the return leg in Enugu to advance 2-1 on aggregate in the CAF Champions league. Sikiru Alimi scored the 1st in the 14th minute and Yaya Kone converted a penalty in the 69th minute to score the 2nd. Rangers got an impressive 3-1 away win vs. Defence in Ethiopia to advance with a 5-1...
by sayala
Fri Dec 07, 2018 4:11 pm
Forum: EAGLES NEST
Topic: Lobi and Rangers advance on the Continent
Replies: 15
Views: 7712

Re: Lobi and Rangers advance on the Continent

Lobi won 2-0 in the return leg in Enugu to advance 2-1 on aggregate in the CAF Champions league. Sikiru Alimi scored the 1st in the 14th minute and Yaya Kone converted a penalty in the 69th minute to score the 2nd. Rangers got an impressive 3-1 away win vs. Defence in Ethiopia to advance with a 5-1...
by sayala
Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:03 pm
Forum: EAGLES NEST
Topic: 7 yrs ago French secret plan to reduce minorities in team
Replies: 8
Views: 5793

Re: 7 yrs ago French secret plan to reduce minorities in tea

The Dutch succeeded in their plan. There was a time about 15 years ago when it looked like the entire Dutch starting XI was going to be black. They had Seedorf, Reiziger, Davids, Kluivert, Bogarde, Winter...............Kluivert even predicted as much. Then there was a major bustup in the Dutch camp ...
by sayala
Fri Jul 27, 2018 8:33 pm
Forum: EAGLES NEST
Topic: African countries need to figure out why they lose talents..
Replies: 57
Views: 16772

Re: African countries need to figure out why they lose talen

In fact African is gaining talent they did not develop. Many players playing for African teams today learned their craft in Europe. Had they or their parents remained in Africa, there talents would have gone to waste. Some of them would have been among those risking their life to cross the Mediterra...
by sayala
Thu Jul 19, 2018 1:23 am
Forum: EAGLES NEST
Topic: Drogba talks about results of African Teams in Russia(video)
Replies: 25
Views: 6698

Re: Drogba talks about results of African Teams in Russia(vi

The interviewer seems to have a better idea about why African football is lagging. It is because of our culture of corruption and incompetence. The people running our federations are utterly corrupt and useless. I mean for petes sake we had Hayatou as CAF chairman for 20 years. It will take forever...
by sayala
Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:49 pm
Forum: EAGLES NEST
Topic: Drogba talks about results of African Teams in Russia(video)
Replies: 25
Views: 6698

Re: Drogba talks about results of African Teams in Russia(vi

The interviewer seems to have a better idea about why African football is lagging. It is because of our culture of corruption and incompetence. The people running our federations are utterly corrupt and useless. I mean for petes sake we had Hayatou as CAF chairman for 20 years. It will take forever ...
by sayala
Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:19 am
Forum: EAGLES NEST
Topic: France - beginning of dominance?
Replies: 29
Views: 7655

Re: France - beginning of dominance?

This French B team would have made the semi-final Costil (Bordeux) Sakho (Crystal Palace) Zouma (Chelsea) Koscielny (Arsenal) Debuchy Riberry (Bayern Muninch) Sissoko (Tottenham) Coman (Bayern Munich) Rabiot (PSG) Lacazette (Arsenal) Benzema (Real Madrid) Martial (Man Utd) Subs Laporte (Man City) Ma...
by sayala
Sun Jul 15, 2018 4:30 pm
Forum: EAGLES NEST
Topic: 2018 WORLD CUP FINAL: FRANCE VS CROATIA 4-2 (FT)
Replies: 771
Views: 56555

Re: 2018 WORLD CUP FINAL: FRANCE VS CROATIA 1-0 (1st half) o

Ngolo Kante is having a nightmare game