Fantasy Football Scores:
It’s impossible to score 78
goals in 45’mins —
Mathematician

Three university lecturers on
Thursday expressed mixed
feelings over the ongoing
scandalous results from a recent Nigeria Nationwide League (NNWL) Division 4
competition.
The three lecturers are:
Akinfenwa Oluseye and Onyeka
Ubaka of the Mathematics
Department, University of
Lagos and Ismail Raji(also a
Mathematician) of the
University of Ibadan’s
Department of Educational
Management.
According to them, while it is
mathematically impossible, it is statistically possible to score as many as 78 goals within 45
minutes in a match, Akinfenwa
Oluseye, a specialist in
Mathematics, told the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in
Lagos: “it is mathematically
impossible to score as many as
78 goals in 45 minutes during a
football match.
“Mathematically speaking, it is
impossible to score 78 goals
under 45 minutes because 45
minutes multiplied by 60
seconds equals 2,700 seconds,
and the 2,700 should be divided
by the 78 goals scored.
“That means that in the second
half, a goal was scored every 34
seconds for them arrive at that
score line.
DO OR DIE AFFAIR: A typical
scene from the Nigerian league.
“Considering the speed of the
players, the field of play and the short jubilation by players, one can round it up to 39 seconds per goal and if you do the mathematics again, you will find that it’s not possible.
“That means you will have 39
seconds to score every other
goal, which isn’t remotely
possible, because you can’t be
that fast. Oluseye also notes:
“assuming it’s the fastest man
on earth picking the balls and
returning it to the centre, it still doesn’t sum up”.
He added that even if the
opponents were mere statues,
the goals would not total 146
goals in all.
“It is a match between two
opponents and even if one
wasn’t present at the pitch, one
cannot even score up to that
number of goals because the
ball has to be passed between
the players”.
Ubaka, a specialist in statistics,
on other hand, said: “from a
statistical point of view, it is
possible to score 79 goals and
above in a match.
“Football is a game of chance,
the probability of scoring as
many as 100 goals is not
impossible; chances are that the players are not good or they are not standard players.
“Maybe, within the first half,
the coach studied their
opponents’ weaknesses and
capitalised on the slightest
mistake to shoot at target.
“If the goalkeeper is not good, it is possible to score 10 goals
under a minute. Statistics and
probability prove that it is
possible to score as many goals
and even more than 100 goals
within that duration,” Ubaka
said.
Raji, of the University of
Ibadan’s Department of
Educational Management, said: “It is possible but there may be some conspiracy. There is a tendency for that, but a team can score as many as 80 goals.
“They can score a goal every 30
seconds. A ball can travel from
one end of a pitch under a
minute and if the winning team
is not wasting time, it can score as many goals as possible”.
Plateau Feeders and the Police
Machines FC, in an apparent
bid to win the two slots for
promotion from Division 4 to
Division 3 of the NNWL may
have connived to achieve the
scandalous goals, in order to put their qualification beyond
question.
Plateau United Feeders had
defeated Akurba FC of
Nassarawa, 79-0, while Police
Machines defeated Bubayero of
Gombe, 67-0. All four clubs
have been banned indefinitely
by the Nigeria Football
Association

That cAN never possible in a matcH....Foul play it WaS.

Jicles: That cAN never possible in a matcH....Foul play it WaS.

Another world record breaking 4 Naija