annoymous:

i dont get. didnt we have Nigeria and Algeria in the round of 16?

CAMNEWTON4PRES:
Ivorian are not mentally tough, they can only blame themselves, It's not like anti African/Africa referees are something new, they should have prepared themselves and avoided unnecessary contact near their surface

annoymous:

I disagree with you on the bolded - Africans will miss African teams.

shymexx:

My bad, first time ever.

Anything else?

Fulaman198:

The thing is Europe is over-represented. They are not really good at football. Look at Spain, England, Italy, etc all first round exits. What about Portugal?

Since we live in a Eurocentric brainwashed world, European teams are always overrated every single world cup. The only good European teams are Germany and Netherlands. Belgium is coming up.

FIFA 14 completely overrates European teams and underrates African teams, it makes me not want to buy another EA sports FIFA game ever again.

African players are talented, the problem is and has always been organization. Nigeria's team improved with every match in the world cup, which tells me they didn't have enough team practise.

shymexx:

Word. All the news of players fighting about wages were all about African teams.

Also, I'll always reference how both Ghana and Ivory coast collapsed in the last 15 mins. That was just some crazy shyte right there, and I won't be surprised if they actually fixed those games especially the Ghana gk that punched the ball to a Portuguese player. Yet we blame FIFA.

With Nigeria, no one asked Enyeama to come out for a ball he should never have come out for. His decision making killed that game, and you can't even blame no one for that.

Anyway, I think the only reason why Neymar's case was looked into has more to do with his star-power and host country cries. C'mon, most Brazilians were crying when they found out that he's out of the world cup. So, people need to understand that it's also a business - and FIFA had to do that to protect its brand, and for fans not to boycott the tournament. Onazi isn't Neymar...the world cup isn't in naij...and I don't even think naij FA lodged any complaint.

shymexx:

Word. All the news of players fighting about wages were all about African teams.

Also, I'll always reference how both Ghana and Ivory coast collapsed in the last 15 mins. That was just some crazy shyte right there, and I won't be surprised if they actually fixed those games especially the Ghana gk that punched the ball to a Portuguese player. Yet we blame FIFA.

With Nigeria, no one asked Enyeama to come out for a ball he should never have come out for. His decision making killed that game, and you can't even blame no one for that.

Anyway, I think the only reason why Neymar's case was looked into has more to do with his star-power and host country cries. C'mon, most Brazilians were crying when they found out that he's out of the world cup. So, people need to understand that it's also a business - and FIFA had to do that to protect its brand, and for fans not to boycott the tournament. Onazi isn't Neymar...the world cup isn't in naij...and I don't even think naij FA lodged any complaint.

CAMNEWTON4PRES:
Gbam, well said

Most European teams suck every 04 year yet every wc we are forced to listen to the same music, they are so overrated ..

abatically:

At least I talk reality, I don't live in fantasy like u. You lots view things from one angle only, if u think deep u will find truth in what I wrote. Again, what I wrote is for the intellects, not for myopic minds like u.

shymexx:

You honestly think the best African teams can compete with Spain, England, Portugal, and Italy, no?

Don't let the world cup fool you, because of the Latin American teams, and the weather.

You lot need to stop bringing race into football - the best African players out there play for European countries.

Emmysteve: I never believed the saying that an African country can never win the world cup until i witnessed the recent showing of Fifa double standard policies. Even the appointment of match officials are done in such a way that it would favor a particular country. All what is done in the field of play has already been arranged before the kickoff.

To drive in my point is the case of Super eagles midfielder Ogenyi Onazi who was intentionally kicked in the angle by french player Matuidi which automatically send him out of play from 6 to 7 months, a replay showed Matuidi going after Onazi's leg instead of the ball.
Despites calls by many football legends including Maradona that Matuidi should be sanctioned, instead FIFA claimed that nothing is wrong with the tackle.

The following week, player Neymar jr, sustained injury from zuniga knee tackle that send him out for 6 to 8 weeks... Fifa to investigate Zuniga kneel tackle.

Isn't these two actions of racism too glaring? in other words, an African leg is breakable but white man's leg is untouchable. Kai Fifa please Fear God!!!

The hand writing is clearly written on the wall by Fifa that Africa can only try but can't never win the world cup. It's time Africa unite and protest against Fifa's injustice. AFRICA MUST BOYCOTT THE NEXT FIFA WORLD CUP TO REGISTER OUR DISPLEASURE. enough is Enough

Fulaman198:

The thing is Europe is over-represented. They are not really good at football. Look at Spain, England, Italy, etc all first round exits. What about Portugal?

CAMNEWTON4PRES:
Yes I believe so,
Is the first time Latin teams are playing the WC ?
Look I'm only giving them their own medicine, we are made to believe that are slots are given by pity, and that European teams play better hence their number of slots, well out of the many European teams, why only 2 are in the semis ? With most reaching this stage through PK , who is fooling who ? Given the same amount of slots, I'm sure @ least 2 African teams would have reached the semi too

This world is Race driven, + African players are,paid peanuts and most of. The time denied well deserved awards

CAMNEWTON4PRES:


Yes I believe so,
Is the first time Latin teams are playing the WC ?
Look I'm only giving them their own medicine, we are made to believe that are slots are given by pity, and that European teams play better hence their number of slots, well out of the many European teams, why only 2 are in the semis ? With most reaching this stage through PK , who is fooling who ? Given the same amount of slots, I'm sure @ least 2 African teams would have reached the semi too

This world is Race driven, + African players are,paid peanuts and most of. The time denied well deserved awards

CAMNEWTON4PRES:


Gbam, well said

Most European teams suck every 04 year yet every wc we are forced to listen to the same music, they are so overrated ..

abatically: WHY AFRICA MUST IMPROVE THEIR FOOTBALL INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING AND LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO BLAME

You guys are quick to blame FIFA for Africa's failure, but fail to tackle the main reason Africa can't win the world cup. The number one reason why we can't win the world cup yet is INDISCIPLINE.

Of the five African teams which qualified to play in the World Cup, three were involved in pay scandals. Players from Cameroon got their protest in before the tournament had even started. They refused to board a plane to Brazil following an argument over money, delaying their arrival by almost a day. Next, Ghana made a laughing stock of itself when it flew $3m in cash to Brazil to avert a match boycott by players demanding their appearance fees. Finally, Nigeria’s Super Eagles cancelled a training session ahead of the crucial knockout round in protest over bonus payments. Presidential intervention was required to settle that argument.

It got worse from there. Ghana’s team fell apart only hours after its cash arrived. Two of its players were sent home, one for an alleged “unprovoked physical attack” on a Football Association (FA) official, and one for reportedly swearing at his coach. Then there were the match-fixing allegations. Cameroon’s football federation says it is investigating claims that seven “bad apples” on its team were involved in fixing the results of games.

Just take a look at this.



Now u talk about FIFA favoring other countries?

A lot of decisions went Africa's way but I will only list a few.

1. Mexico vs Cameroun: Giovani Dos Santos scored 2 legitimate goals that were wrongly ruled out for offside. If that was against an African country it would have been a case study by now. But Mexico moved on, while Africans are still complaining.





2. Mexico vs Cameroun: Giovani Dos Santo's stone wall penalty that wasn't given. Again if that was against an African country we all would be crying by now and blaming FIFA.

3. Mexico vs Cameroun: Alex Song's 2 footed tackle on Dos Santos. Definite red card offence, he didn't even go for the ball. But guess what, he didn't get red. In the match report it stated that Song was lucky not to see red, but if that happened to an African player we all will be saying racism, fifa hates us, bla bla bla just like the case of Matuidi who was lucky not to see red just like Song, but Nigerians always look for someone to blame, so we blame FIFA.

[img]http://www.thenational.ae/storyimage/AB/20140613/GALLERY/140619565/EP/1/5/EP-140619565.jpg&MaxW=558&imageVersion=default[/img]

4. Nigeria vs Bosnia: Edin Dzeko's legitimate goal that was ruled out for offside. Now nobody talks about this anymore, but u guys forgot if this goal had stood, we probably wouldn't have made it into the second round. If that was a Nigerian goal, I'm sure hundreds of threads would have been opened describing how FIFA didn't want us to get into the second round.



You talk about Matuidi's tackle on Onazi?
Yes its a bad tackle, but this thing happens in football. Onazi is not the first player to suffer a bad tackle in the world cup, so why the whinning? Again simple tactic by the French coach. Take out Onazi and Matuidi did this

[img]http://playtheadvantage.files./2014/06/858741269.gif?w=860[/img]

Now ask an African player to take out a player and he did this



The difference between the 2? One went for the ball and missed, 50/50 situation depending on how the ref sees it. The other took out the player blatantly without the ball which leaves the ref with no option than give a red card.

Until we sort out our discipline problems and improve our academies, stop age cheating.. we will never win the world cup. Africa lack real talents when it comes to the big stage. We thrive in youth tournaments because we use over aged players. When it is time for these players to get into the national team, they would be too old and past their best and that is why we Bleep up at the highest level.

kendrick93: rubbish thread.Op tinks d world revolve around africa..wat has africa done on d world stage to deserve all dis stupid discussions..OP is mentally deranged if he tinks africa can boycott d WC without a ban..
anywat africa wnt be missed

abatically:

Slots are given based on previous performance of each continents and on the numbers and/or relative strength of the confederations' teams. No African team has made it to the Semi's, Africa has made it to the quater finals only twice. When world cup started it was just one African team, it later increased to 3 and then 5 when number of teams increased to 32. Cameroun with Roger Miller gave Africa more recognition in the 90's. The level of football in each continent is also considered and to be sincere u can never compare the football we play in Africa to Europe.

About Spain and Italy, really they have nothing to prove. Italy have won the world cup 4 times (2006 being their latest). They have been runners up 2 times and 3rd place 1 time. They are definitely a power house.

Spain have won every major competition they played in between 2008-2012. They are the current world cup champions and won European competitions back to back, still current champions. They are also a power house.

abatically: WHY AFRICA MUST IMPROVE THEIR FOOTBALL INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING AND LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO BLAME

You guys are quick to blame FIFA for Africa's failure, but fail to tackle the main reason Africa can't win the world cup. The number one reason why we can't win the world cup yet is INDISCIPLINE.

Of the five African teams which qualified to play in the World Cup, three were involved in pay scandals. Players from Cameroon got their protest in before the tournament had even started. They refused to board a plane to Brazil following an argument over money, delaying their arrival by almost a day. Next, Ghana made a laughing stock of itself when it flew $3m in cash to Brazil to avert a match boycott by players demanding their appearance fees. Finally, Nigeria’s Super Eagles cancelled a training session ahead of the crucial knockout round in protest over bonus payments. Presidential intervention was required to settle that argument.

It got worse from there. Ghana’s team fell apart only hours after its cash arrived. Two of its players were sent home, one for an alleged “unprovoked physical attack” on a Football Association (FA) official, and one for reportedly swearing at his coach. Then there were the match-fixing allegations. Cameroon’s football federation says it is investigating claims that seven “bad apples” on its team were involved in fixing the results of games.

Just take a look at this.



Now u talk about FIFA favoring other countries?

A lot of decisions went Africa's way but I will only list a few.

1. Mexico vs Cameroun: Giovani Dos Santos scored 2 legitimate goals that were wrongly ruled out for offside. If that was against an African country it would have been a case study by now. But Mexico moved on, while Africans are still complaining.





2. Mexico vs Cameroun: Giovani Dos Santo's stone wall penalty that wasn't given. Again if that was against an African country we all would be crying by now and blaming FIFA.

3. Mexico vs Cameroun: Alex Song's 2 footed tackle on Dos Santos. Definite red card offence, he didn't even go for the ball. But guess what, he didn't get red. In the match report it stated that Song was lucky not to see red, but if that happened to an African player we all will be saying racism, fifa hates us, bla bla bla just like the case of Matuidi who was lucky not to see red just like Song, but Nigerians always look for someone to blame, so we blame FIFA.

[img]http://www.thenational.ae/storyimage/AB/20140613/GALLERY/140619565/EP/1/5/EP-140619565.jpg&MaxW=558&imageVersion=default[/img]

4. Nigeria vs Bosnia: Edin Dzeko's legitimate goal that was ruled out for offside. Now nobody talks about this anymore, but u guys forgot if this goal had stood, we probably wouldn't have made it into the second round. If that was a Nigerian goal, I'm sure hundreds of threads would have been opened describing how FIFA didn't want us to get into the second round.



You talk about Matuidi's tackle on Onazi?
Yes its a bad tackle, but this thing happens in football. Onazi is not the first player to suffer a bad tackle in the world cup, so why the whinning? Again simple tactic by the French coach. Take out Onazi and Matuidi did this

[img]http://playtheadvantage.files./2014/06/858741269.gif?w=860[/img]

Now ask an African player to take out a player and he did this



The difference between the 2? One went for the ball and missed, 50/50 situation depending on how the ref sees it. The other took out the player blatantly without the ball which leaves the ref with no option than give a red card.

Until we sort out our discipline problems and improve our academies, stop age cheating.. we will never win the world cup. Africa lack real talents when it comes to the big stage. We thrive in youth tournaments because we use over aged players. When it is time for these players to get into the national team, they would be too old and past their best and that is why we Bleep up at the highest level.

Forwetinnah:

And you think Europeans don't "age cheat"? You sincerely believe Robben is 30? Like seriously? So you believe that crappie about him going for chemo when he was younger etc. These people dump their players in our faces, keeping them as long as possible in international tournaments to promote them..I don't think any team national or otherwise has as much indisciplined players like Real Madrid with the likes of Pepe etc

Emmysteve: I never believed the saying that an African country can never win the world cup until i witnessed the recent showing of Fifa double standard policies. Even the appointment of match officials are done in such a way that it would favor a particular country. All what is done in the field of play has already been arranged before the kickoff.

To drive in my point is the case of Super eagles midfielder Ogenyi Onazi who was intentionally kicked in the angle by french player Matuidi which automatically send him out of play from 6 to 7 months, a replay showed Matuidi going after Onazi's leg instead of the ball.
Despites calls by many football legends including Maradona that Matuidi should be sanctioned, instead FIFA claimed that nothing is wrong with the tackle.

The following week, player Neymar jr, sustained injury from zuniga knee tackle that send him out for 6 to 8 weeks... Fifa to investigate Zuniga kneel tackle.

Isn't these two actions of racism too glaring? in other words, an African leg is breakable but white man's leg is untouchable. Kai Fifa please Fear God!!!

The hand writing is clearly written on the wall by Fifa that Africa can only try but can't never win the world cup. It's time Africa unite and protest against Fifa's injustice. AFRICA MUST BOYCOTT THE NEXT FIFA WORLD CUP TO REGISTER OUR DISPLEASURE. enough is Enough

annoymous:

I disagree with you on the bolded - Africans will miss African teams.