Drink, relax and be Merry… it’s only a game of football; let’s celebrate Super eagles!
Nigeria Super Eagles failed to get through to second round of the World Cup in South Africa
At last, the nation has been spared of further emotional and psychological torture in form of further anticipation, anxiety, nervousness and unnecessary worries as she has bowed out of South Africa 2010 in such a very disgraceful manner.
At least, we can now sit back, relax and enjoy the rest of the game while sucking and reflecting on our failures. No doubt, the nation’s only moment of happiness and genuine unity have been denied. Life goes on.
Now that the die is cast and the nation’s flag has been lowered just as the esteem of the nation has been lowered and deflated by the Super Eagles with whom we have put much hope for a glowing performance and a place of honour in the tournament, we have no reason to shed tears
Let us be realistic about it all, the result of the assessment card in this world cup is symbolic of our nation’s state of affairs.
No Nigerian in his or her right senses at this very hour should blame Super Eagles, our real super national heroes who have laid their life, fighting relentlessly to put smile on the nation’s lips and win for the country a respectable space in the world of football.
Alas!, the dream has been terminated as the Super Eagles wings have been clipped by unseen forces as they refuse to perform to our expectations.
Did I say refuse to perform? I think I am being unfair. In fact they did all that is possible to make victories happen.
Every nation that has come atop this world cup tournament has performed excellently well carrying the luck of their respective countries to the field of play.
In the case of Nigeria, the low zeal of performance has got nothing to do with the players, but rather, the bad luck brought to the nation by the past and present rulers who continually face the wrath of our great freedom fighters, those past heroes who through thick and thin laid their life for the survival of Nigeria as a nation and whose mission and intentions have been thwarted by greedy and evil possessed politicians who continue to suck the blood of our nation to a state of spiritual and physical unconsciousness.
Do we need to be told the country has been infected for so long. Can we be so blindfolded by our passion and love for our country as to forget that the current and past rulers have contagiously contaminated our nation and we are not getting the good result of all national afforts?
Our Super eagles should be celebrated as they fought with good intention, zeal, courage, passion and determination to bring glory to our country.
The glory has been denied, not because, the players are bad or lack professionalism, but because the gods of Nigeria are very angry and low spirited thereby fighting back those blood suckers and refusing them vain glory to hang on to dazzle us all into another stupor of abracadabra.
Afterall, what is there to celebrate with the nation’s state of affairs even if we win the World Cup? What are the common man’s gains when the likelihood is for our so called leaders to divert the reward into their personal coffers and so why the sweats and the tears?
The spirit of our forefathers are currently on rampage, challenging our leaders and adducing them international humiliation and disgrace to tell the world they are on those fore- father spell and curses.
The super Eagles have fought well to give pride, respect and honour to our dear country. Let us celebrate them.
They worked hard for it and sweated to achieve the aim but only failed because our leaders are failing the nation.
If only our selfish leaders, many of who comfortably can supply the World Cup winners price of £20m would have the same passion exhibited by our own Super Eagles for the nation, the same zeal, purpose and determination to bring better life to the people and build a future Nigeria instead of enslaving the citizens, and building a world around themselves, the gods will today smile at the nation, and will bring honour, respect and glory to the credit of our leaders, especially to hook their Public relations on as characteristics of them.
We should not condemn our real heroes who have stuck their necks to fight for honour for the country but failed; let’s continue to boo the past leaders who are under the spell and curses of the spirit of our past freedom fighting heroes.
Common, Nigerians, drink, relax and be merry as we continue to pray for the restitution of the soul of those leaders who have brought into the nation unending misery and continuous suffering.
Nigeria shall overcome.
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Match assessment by Associated Press
Nigeria team in Circle
Nigeria’s players were in tears after a string of squandered chances in Tuesday’s game against South Korea led to yet another early exit for an African team at the World Cup.
Nigeria left the competition with just one point after being held by South Korea 2-2 and missing several good scoring opportunities.
Host South Africa exited the World Cup earlier Tuesday, despite their 2-1 win over France, while Cameroon has already been eliminated, and Ivory Coast and Ghana face difficult tasks to progress.
“There a lot of people crying in there,” midfielder Dickson Etuhu said after the game, pointing to the dressing room. “It’s difficult when you have the chances and you don’t take them. Everyone’s down and they can’t believe it’s over.
“It wasn’t our day, everything that could go wrong, went wrong … This World Cup has been almost, almost, almost.”
In Tuesday’s game, Nigeria’s worst misses came when Kalu Uche struck a hard shot against the post in the 36th minute, and in the 66th when Yakubu Ayegbeni inexplicably tapped the ball wide in front of an open goal.
Nigeria lost 1-0 to Argentina in it’s Group B opener and fell to Greece 2-1 in a game turned by the first-half expulsion of influential midfielder Sani Kaita.
The Super Eagles haven’t won a World Cup match since 1998. The Nigerians went out with two defeats and a draw in 2002 and did not qualify for the 2006 World Cup.
Coach Lars Lagerback praised his players’ professionalism, and refused to fault them for missing chances.
“I was disappointed about all those chances. But the players have done really well. They worked hard over time,” said the veteran Swedish coach, who did not comment on his future with Nigeria.
“Did we do enough? We can always discuss that. We did as much as we could.”
Lagerback said African teams needed greater continuity, rather than the common pattern of coaches being put in charge for short stints, and said more effort was needed to use veteran players to mentor youngsters.
Nigeria captain Nwankwo Kanu—a two-time African Player of the Year— played his first match in the South Africa tournament Tuesday, and indicated his long international career was close to an end.
“Right now we are very, very sad. This was a big disappointment,” the 33-year-old said.
“If this is going to be my last (World Cup), I would say I loved it because I started playing football in Africa and I end up in Africa—which is good.”
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