xtervaganza: too funny......




The funny thing is that both the victims and aggressors are black men.




We black race people need to move past this madness of playing the race card.




How is it racism when FIFA refused to sanction a black man for injuring a black man?



Na wa ooo

abatically:

Ha ha ha, I said first 11 in top teams. In a continent where Mikel obi is the runners up of African player of the year says a lot.

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.

Fulaman198:

Robben is 30, Northern Europeans do not age well. He runs like a man even younger than 30 ROFLLL

abatically:

Abeg help me tell am. Can u show me a Nigerian player at age 30 (official age) that runs as much as Robben. Mikel is officially 27 and he is already finished, Taiye Taiwo is 29 already finished, Nsofor is 28 already finished, Obasi Ogbuke is 29 and already finished. I wonder what they would say about Rooney. Rooney developed bald hair when he was a kid which makes him older. It became a shame he had to go for hair implant. Soon they will say Rooney is already 40

Fulaman198:

All i have read is more slave-washed behaviour to back up ridiculous FIFA racism and bias. A lot of the teams get to where they are based on ridiculous calls made by refs. It has always been the case where an African team should have beaten a Euro or South American side.

A very good example is the World Cup of 94 (which I'm old enough to remember since I was 10 years old), when Nigeria faced Argentina, the match was so blatantly one-sided in favour of the Argentinians due to really ridiculous ref calls. At halftime, Nigeria's coach then Westerhoff even asked the referee if he had been paid. Ivory Coast's injustice suffered at the hands of the ref in the Greece match is another example. Another African team would have been in the 2nd round, that would have meant 3/5 African teams or 60% would have been in the 2nd round. Ghana possibly could have also made it to the second round if they would have been a bit more attentive and focused.

Fulaman198:

You sound like a brainwashed/white-washed person. Actually, are you white?

abatically:

Oh bravo, u want to talk about USA 94? Can u tell me how this is a red card?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GVZs3IuDh8#t=16

Austin Eguavoen play acting from a none challenge from Zola (Nigeria vs Italy). And guess what, ref gave a straight red card to Zola. Is that also FIFA cheating? If that was against Nigeria u would blame FIFA. But Italy still went ahead and won.

xtervaganza: do u have to insult ppl to drive home your point?




You're one of the reasons they call us animals

Fulaman198:

I think we can all agree that Northern/NorthWestern Europeans (some refer to them as Anglo-Saxons) do not age well. I think Nigerian players ages are correct, but they are not the most fit players in the world. As aforementioned, the problem with African teams is organisation and team coherence.

I do not believe we selected our best team for this World Cup. Also, I created a thread on this before, the reason why we are not perennially strong is due to the fact that we do not have a scouting programme that recruits potential football athletes at an early age from each 36 state in Nigeria. A programme in place to develop the youths of today to be the heroes of tomorrow.

Whilst FIFA is not perfect, I do admit they have racists, Africans should assemble a good enough team (like we did in the 96 Olympics) that is good enough to overcome racism. The only way we will do so is by better organising ourselves and implementing this programme.

abatically:

Abeg help me tell am. Can u show me a Nigerian player at age 30 (official age) that runs as much as Robben. Mikel is officially 27 and he is already finished, Taiye Taiwo is 29 already finished, Nsofor is 28 already finished, Obasi Ogbuke is 29 and already finished. I wonder what they would say about Rooney. Rooney developed bald hair when he was a kid which makes him older. It became a shame he had to go for hair implant. Soon they will say Rooney is already 40

Missy89:


you are kidding right?

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.

Fulaman198:

Do they not have birth certificates? They look young

Fulaman198:

LOL that was ridiculous. Nigeria also really messed up in that match. I mean how could Italy seriously come back from losing 1-0 to win in like 2 minutes left.

abatically:
Oh bravo, u want to talk about USA 94? Can u tell me how this is a red card?

Austin Eguavoen play acting from a none challenge from Zola (Nigeria vs Italy). And guess what, ref gave a straight red card to Zola. Is that also FIFA cheating? If that was against Nigeria u would blame FIFA. But Italy still went ahead and won.

kendrick93: u deserve a slap for sayin enyeama is world class.

thegoodjoehunt: No card was given in Suarez's case and yet it was not over. Fifa investigated the case and took action. What Mara Dona is saying is that, if Matuidi intentionally broke Onazi's leg, which Maradona believes was intentional. Fifa should investigate it like the Suarez case because he considers Matuidi's action worse.

FIFA has announced their staffs will investigate the Neymar's case. If they are to investigate it, they should also do the same for Onazi. It is not about a developed league or not. It is a FIFA organised tournament. Equality should be a standard. Even if it is a player from Somalia or Myanmar.

ceeceeco: U're right bro! Very very right, but all d same there's a little bit of politics in d game of futbol. Imagine fifa appointing a Mexican referee 2 officiating d semi-final match between Brazil & Germany.

xtervaganza: so how many match ban was de jong, a black guy, given for breaking Stuart holden and Ben arfa's leg?




Dude, you have a huge problem

thegoodjoehunt: You are talking of calls denied. That is a referee making a wrong call. The OP is talking about Maradona pointing out that what Matuidi did was worse than Suarez' bite. Yet FIFA turned a deaf ear.

Now it is Neymar, a Brazilian, FIFA is ready to investigate.

So are you saying because a referee made wrong calls in favor of Cameroun, Onazi's leg break should not be investigated? A lot of wrong calls favored Brazil, yet these guys are ready to investigate Neymar.

Please, I do not agree with Africans keeping quiet in the face of injustice.

The OP is just asking for equality. If Neymar's case is to be investigated, then do the same for Onazi.

Fulaman198:

Obvious self-esteem crisis here. Go and kiss the nyash of Oyibos more. Do you think I give a crap about what they call us. It is our responsibility to not like sissies and wimps in front of Oyibos. The reason they call you animals is because you behave like an animal to them (animals are subservient).

thegoodjoehunt: That was done in the EPL, not the World Cup. De Jong's case was investigated by the FA.

We are just asking for them to look into it and treat Onazi with equality.