Hehehe eto'o dey go world cup!!$

Who remembers Lars Lagerback?
Yep, he was the man who coached the Super eagles at the last world cup. He may qualify Iceland later today.

CFCfan: Who remembers Lars Lagerback?
Yep, he was the man who coached the Super eagles at the last world cup. He may qualify Iceland later today.

Yea! I remember him! I hope they qualify

Today is the main day

CFCfan:


Sweden have a far greater chance of causing an upset, than Ukraine. I believe the quality in the "Les Blues" will be too much for the Ukrainians.

homesteady:

You had the honor of being the 100th to comment

Congrats to Ghana, Algeria, Portugal, France, Croatia and Greece for qualifying for the world cup.

We await official confirmation of Mexico and Uruguay's qualification

I just hope that what happened in Korea/Japan 2002 repeats itself in Brazil and my prayer will be answered.

There will always be a 'group of death' at any WC.

Afam4eva: I just hope that what happened in Korea/Japan 2002 repeats itself in Brazil and my prayer will be answered.

You want Brazil to win?

CFCfan:
You want Brazil to win?

No. We shared the same group with a particular group. I hope it happens again.

Afam4eva:
No. We shared the same group with a particular group. I hope it happens again.

Oh I see. You want Naija and England in the same group. Me too
A hypothetical group could be:
Belgium
Nigeria
England
Iran

CFCfan: Who remembers Lars Lagerback?
Yep, he was the man who coached the Super eagles at the last world cup. He may qualify Iceland later today.

How real are the chances of Iceland. I hope they qualify. I like seeing unlikely teams qualifying for the world cup.

Afam4eva:
How real are the chances of Iceland. I hope they qualify. I like seeing unlikely teams qualifying for the world cup.

Sorry.. Croatia beat them by 2-0. Hence, the Croats qualified on a 2-0 aggregate.

FIFA will select the referees for the world cup upon conclusion of the Referees committee meeting on January 14th-15th 2014.

Facts: Nigeria and Cote D' Ivoire were the only unbeaten teams in the African qualifying zone.

Asamoah Gyan emerged as the highest goal scorer in the African zone with 6 goals in 6 matches. The overall top scorer world wide was Deon McCaulay of Belize, who scored 11 goals in 8 matches.

Robin Van Persie emerged as the top scorer in the European zone with 11 goals in 9 matches.

The deadline to submit a provisional 30 man squad list to FIFA, is May 14 2014; while the deadline for the FAs to submit their final 23 man squad lists is June 2 2014.

The final club matchday for any player on the 30-man list is May 18 2014.

The mandatory rest period for players on the initial 30 man list is between May 19-25. The preparation phase for the 32 nations participating in the WC, starts from May 26th 2014.
cullled from FIFA World Cup 2014 regulations; Article 30

Brazil has, so far, spent over $14.5billion (N2.2tr) towards hosting the world cup; with around $3.5billion (N542.5bn) of that amount has been spent on upgrading/constructing new stadia. Brazil's sports minister, however, is expecting a massive $90bn boost to the Brazilian economy during the world cup.

South Africa spent $4.5bn four years ago, and recouped only $500 million.

CFCfan: Brazil has, so far, spent over $14.5billion (N2.2tr) towards hosting the world cup; with around $3.5billion (N542.5bn) of that amount has been spent on upgrading/constructing new stadia. Brazil's sports minister, however, is expecting a massive $90bn boost to the Brazilian economy during the world cup.

South Africa spent $4.5bn four years ago, and recouped only $500 million.

Talk about bad market!

sweet-tease:

The loss could be said to be half of the $1.1bn spent on stadia in SA, as the other $3bn were spent on upgrading infrastructure-which responsive govts would have done whether they were hosting a world cup or not.

CFCfan:
Oh yes, it's expensive staging some of these international tournamnts.

South Africa's loss is appalling!

SA also expected 450,000 fans, but 309,000 showed up.

sweet-tease:

South Africa's loss is appalling!

So true. Another factor that caused such a loss is FIFA's share of the revenues from the tourney. FIFA takes a lions share of the revenues-around 65%. In fact, FIFA, as an entity, made billions of dollars from the last world cup.

CFCfan:
The loss could be said to be half of the $1.1bn spent on stadia in SA, as the other $3bn were spent on upgrading infrastructure-which responsive govts would have done whether they were hosting a world cup or not.

Ohkay! Now i get the gist! Mayb Nigeria will host it one day....... Although am sure in our case they will claim they spent $10billion and recouped $100million cos d money will perform disappearing acts as usual

CFCfan:
So true. Another factor that caused such a loss is FIFA's share of the revenues from the tourney. FIFA takes a lions share of the revenues-around 65%. In fact, FIFA, as an entity, made billions of dollars from the last world cup.

Wtf! Over half of it?

sweet-tease:

Ohkay! Now i get the gist! Mayb Nigeria will host it one day....... Although am sure in our case they will claim they spent $10billion and recouped $100million cos d money will perform disappearing acts as usual

Lmao
$10bn may be half of what Nigeria would need, if we were the ones hosting next year. The cost of upgrading the stadia may balloon to $5bn

sweet-tease:

Wtf! Over half of it?

That's the sacrifice the host nation has to accept. It's mostly tourist spending that benefits the local economy.

CFCfan:
Lmao
$10bn may be half of what Nigeria would need, if we were the ones hosting next year. The cost of upgrading the stadia may balloon to $5bn

We always use at least x3 of what we need and and at the end, we won't achieve half of the original plan so they are more likely to use more than that $10b

sweet-tease:

We always use at least x3 of what we need and and at the end, we won't achieve half of the original plan so they are more likely to use more than that $10b

Abi. The cost inflation is always 3ice the amount in most developed societies.
Even in Brazil, there are allegations of contract inflation on some of the world cup-related projects. For instance, the Draw ceremony is going to cost $8million

CFCfan:
That's the sacrifice the host nation has to accept. It's mostly tourist spending that benefits the local economy.

Dat will be good for us (especially if they don't know how to bargain ) since its directly into the pockets of the citizens and nt into the govt's pocket

CFCfan:
Abi. The cost inflation is always 3ice the amount in most developed societies.
Even in Brazil, there are allegations of contract inflation on some of the world cup-related projects. For instance, the Draw ceremony is going to cost $8million

Heheheheeheh......what will opening/closing ceremony cost then?

Politicians and their contractors are just thieving thieves!

sweet-tease:

Heheheheeheh......what will opening/closing ceremony cost then?

Politicians and their contractors are just thieving thieves!

I tell you. Most politicians and their favorite contractors are the same everywhere