 | BREAKING NEWS !!! THE NIGERIAN FACTOR IN FIFA HOUSE? « on: Today at 07:39:58 AM » |     |
Hello naija people, today as i was going through a couple of post on the forum, i came accross this.. 'I would have titled it 'A Post of A biwildered Fan'. But i think i like the title.
Read on..................
It is no longer a new phenomenon that only Nigerians amongst the black race in the world work wonders when you least expect whether in sports or politics.Thanks to our God-given ingenuity(if you tag it mago-mago na u sabi).
Certain criteria have been slated for choosing the African Footballer of the Year until not-too-long-ago CAF introduced some tricks in favor of the Francophones,that has seen our heroic erstwhile skipo JayJay denied the prestigious award in his hay days.
Playing friendly matches amongst other criteria has been used over the years by FIFA in determining how well a national football team would fares in the World FIFA ranking.To my amazement
,our beloved nation is now ranking 9th position rising two steps upward despite the fact that we've barely played any friendly since God-knows -when.whereas countries like Ghana, Ivory Coast etc. that at least played one or two friendly(s) were ranked below us.
I guess FIFA have introduced the NIGERIAN FACTOR into today's ranking criteria or perhaps they're just mocking our football governing house(NFA) who will see every reason to become more lukewarm than ever,since we're still the numero uno in Africa betterstill among the top nine in the world.
Anyway sha Congrats!!! jare abi how we go do?
By User Jaydee on the Forum.
Read on..................
It is no longer a new phenomenon that only Nigerians amongst the black race in the world work wonders when you least expect whether in sports or politics.Thanks to our God-given ingenuity(if you tag it mago-mago na u sabi).
Certain criteria have been slated for choosing the African Footballer of the Year until not-too-long-ago CAF introduced some tricks in favor of the Francophones,that has seen our heroic erstwhile skipo JayJay denied the prestigious award in his hay days.
Playing friendly matches amongst other criteria has been used over the years by FIFA in determining how well a national football team would fares in the World FIFA ranking.To my amazement
,our beloved nation is now ranking 9th position rising two steps upward despite the fact that we've barely played any friendly since God-knows -when.whereas countries like Ghana, Ivory Coast etc. that at least played one or two friendly(s) were ranked below us.I guess FIFA have introduced the NIGERIAN FACTOR into today's ranking criteria or perhaps they're just mocking our football governing house(NFA) who will see every reason to become more lukewarm than ever,since we're still the numero uno in Africa betterstill among the top nine in the world.
Anyway sha Congrats!!! jare abi how we go do?
By User Jaydee on the Forum.
