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rasputinn:
That's what your a$$ gets when you take a high profile match for which over fifteen thousand tickets have been sold to a less than ten thousand capacity stadium

so sad, i only thought that things like that only happened in naija.

SEFAGO:
Too much hate, not enough lovin, such a sad world

so so sad.

Posted by Diego Zorrilla



TEMBISA, South Africa -- Visiting Makhulong Stadium on Sunday afternoon for the Nigeria-North Korea friendly was the perfect opportunity to watch the Super Eagles in action, given that they will be Argentina's first rival in the World Cup. But the game lost all its importance before it had even started, as news reached the press box about a stampede at the gates that, in the end, left 15 people injured.



FIFA was quick to say that it can't be blamed, fair enough because the organization doesn't sanction these friendlies. It would also be very hard to prove that the incident shows South Africa is not ready to host the World Cup. Even the extent of responsibility that could be thrust upon Nigeria, as designated host team of the friendly, remains to be seen.



But still, the game in Tembisa was an accident waiting to happen.



Is there a better way to describe the decision to make the Super Eagles play, for free, in a poor township at a relatively small stadium (12,000 full capacity, or, more like 8,000 since that was the number of tickets released)? To make matters worse, the tickets issued looked quite easy to forge.



Tembisa residents were surely eager to watch two World Cup teams, and especially an African favorite, without having to pay for the show. Nigerians are a big immigrant group in South Africa, including Joburg, and, undoubtedly, many of them made the trip to Makhulong on Sunday. Did anyone really expect them not to do so?



An hour before the match, there was already an immense crowd gathered around the gates, most of them wearing the green shirt of the Eagles or the yellow one of the Bafana Bafana. But there were just two gates with no turnstiles -- and one of those was reserved for players, officials and media. One gate, 8,000 people? You do the math.



Ironically, the stadium was never really packed full. Shortly before the game began, there were several gaps in most of the stands. Then the stampedes came and the police elected to close the gates, to reopen them fully only minutes before the game ended.



By the way, the show went on: The players were unaware of what was happening outside, and Nigeria beat North Korea 3-1.

Many fans probably didn't care at all, as close as they came to being crushed to death. They probably hope this near tragedy will, at least, keep some eyes wide open when the true competition begins.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/5257202/ce/us/fans-nigeria-north-korea-warm-stampede-gates-game?cc=5901&ver=us

MAAAAAAAAAAAA NIGGA

kobikwelu:
tanks mate,

most of these so called analysts, cant manage "pry 5 football PE CLASS"

They are here proferring solutions as if they are Alex Ferguson .

LEAVE HIM ALONE!!!! HE IS A COACH!!!!!

HE HAS EARNED HIS BADGES!!!!(FIFA BADGES in case u dont know),

those calling for sasia should talk, when he has coached outside the shores of this country

Thank you o jare. It seems that a lot of Nigerians are coaches in there minds.They think that playing football on the streets is the same thing about knowing how to coach a team.

na wa o.

[quote author=metal-gong link=topic=452846.msg6161834#msg6161834 date=1275810285]You must be a demented Latino bastar-d. It is obvious that every man that services your adulterous mama for more than 24hrs automatically becomes your step father.Why keep on looking for where to belong after being rejected by the latino community? Yesterday, your step father was a Yoruba man, today it is an Ibo man, tomorrow it might be a Jamaican man. What a pathetic life!! Jeez[/quote]Geez, how could somebody say this about another human being?? omo, this thread is really devolving into something else. Man you need serious help.

mbulela:
I am not keen on this Mikel argument as it is devoid of logic and fuelled by emotions and nothing else.
However, i would love little proof to back up the assertion in bold.
Thank you.

[size=18pt]WHEN WOULD NIGERIANS EVER UNDERSTAND FOOTBALL?? FOOTBALL IS NOT ALL ABOUT DRIBBLING EVERYBODY! BECAUSE MIKEL DOESN'T DRIBBLE, ALL OF A SUDDEN HE IS AN AVERAGE PLAYER? MIKEL OBI IS A DEFENSIVE MID AND HE DOES HIS JOB EXCELLENTLY. HE HOLDS ON TO POSSESSION, HE DEFENDS VERY WELL AND HE READS THE GAME VERY WELL. [/size]
http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/02/08/when-will-john-obi-mikel-get-the-credit-he-deserves/

If you want to learn more about mordern football then try and re-educate yourself by at least starting with this
http://www.zonalmarking.net/
http://arsenalcolumn./
http://tomwfootball./

[quote author=Busy_body link=topic=452846.msg6160503#msg6160503 date=1275778323]Not trying to absolve cap28 of his gaffe i.e. racial stereotyping of bkbabe97's Country and parents, but to those crying more than the bereaved, haven't bkbabe97 said worse to IGBO people on NL, who are still Nigerians the last time I checked


And if you Nigerians are indeed one nation and their brother's keeper, why don't you see anything wrong in him cursing and slamming the ndigbos and their fathers and forefathers with names such as kidnappers, drug dealers, human sacrifices and Armed Robbery based on their past? Isn't he essentially saying Nigerians are scammers, kidnappers, drug dealers, etc. Ain't his vilification racist too?


Not saying two wrongs are right, but abeg free Cap28, and in the wise words of bkbabe97 - to those always getting their knickers in a twist over my posts, chill, its the internet, I don't hate in real life, I have igbo friends [/quote]WHAT A WAY TO CONTRADICT YOURSELF. YOU SAID THAT YOU ARE NOT TRYING TO ABSOLVE WHAT BKBABE97 DID BUT YOU JUST DID THAT IN YOUR POST. TWO WRONGS NEVER MAKE A RIGHT. YOU CAN NEVER JUSTIFY RACISM.

"The kid" has lost his athleticism and explosiveness.

Great Awo.

chidichris,
Don't mind them jare. Arguing with most Nigerians is futile. I remember arguing with some guy named sagamite who said that Shuaibu Amodu was just as good as Guus Hiddink and Pep Guardiola and that the reason why he is not coaching a big team like Barca is because he is from Nigeria. You can't win those kind of arguement because people like that just argue for arguement sake.
Because Mikel doesn't dribble then all of a sudden he is a useless player. Xavi is considered the best no. 10 in the world right now but this guy's skills are nothing compared to Okocha. Xavi never loses possession of the football and his vision and accuracy is absolutely incredible.

He should move to the UAE like Cannavaro.

[size=28pt]NO TO SOCIALISM!!![/size]

KG HAS LOST HIS EXPLOSIVENESS! HE IS NOW A JUMP SHOOTER.

The kid is now an old man.

Maybe he is a christian brother.

steve49ja:
Yeah, that's true but it doesnt mean we should overlook everyother reasonable thing he's said. . .we dont need to crucify him, like Silentc said . .

No way! The guy just discredited himself. A racist is always a racist period.

BTW, why do i get the feeling that silentc is cap28?

That should be norm but unfortunately its not that way.

This does not make sense, a lot of tickets have not even been sold yet, wouldn't it be rational to allow this people in?

Meanwhile, the Nigerian Supporters Club did not have it easy with the South Africa Embassy officials, as they drastically cut the number of the members wishing to be part of the club at the Mundial.

Why are they cutting the number of supporters? This is wrong! Absolutely wrong!

Why do we keep getting all this crappy friendlies.

12large:
look at the idiot comparing finidi to becham, what kind of insult is that, that is typical nigeria mentality very low.

You have to understand that it is very difficult for Nigerians to be objective when it comes to there own. The guy mentioned Totti, Totti got several (i mean several) offers to leave Roma but just like Maldini he stayed with his club no matter what. The guy also talked about Man. U being irrelevant from 1992-1998, well if he can call winning the premier league 5 times, winning the FA cup 4 times and even winning the UEFA cup winners cup trophy then i guess Man. Utd was very irrelevant, but hey what do you expect from someone who calls Lennon an elite winger. The players he even mentioned that did not play for Milan and co. were highly sought out by them. Even right as we speak Mourinho wants to bring Gerrard over to Madrid. I also don't even know when the dutch league was even considered as better than the English league. The English league dominated european football in the 70's and 80's (specifically Liverpool) until UEFA banned them for fan violence so its not as if the English league just got better. If the dutch league was so good why did all those Ajax players flee to greener pastures in other leagues? Luis Figo, Overmars were not only pacy and creative players but have very accurate crosses, if this guys could not cross, they definitely wouldn't be playing for this teams.
Steve McManaman was never elite winger, he was a decent one who could dribble and so forth but that was it and Ribery and Robben, even though both are known for being speedy can also cross, if they couldn't they would not be playing at this level. But my guy, like i said there is no point arguing with Nigeriansas they think being able to dribble makes you a "great" player.

Osama10:
I knew he was going soon.

I thought he might stay because he had a buy out clause on his contract for 14 million which means that they would pay him the remnant of his contract if they fire him.

Senor rafa has left liverpool. So sad. I guess we can now watch Tottenham or Man. City take over the fourth spot.

Benitez leaves Liverpool by mutual consent
By Soccernet staff

Rafa Benitez leaves Liverpool

Benitez, who took over from Gerard Houllier in 2004, found his position untenable after a disappointing season which saw Liverpool finish seventh in the Premier League, just 12 months after being runners-up to Manchester United.

Rafael Benitez told the club's official website: "It is very sad for me to announce that I will no longer be manager of Liverpool FC. I would like to thank all of the staff and players for their efforts.

"I'll always keep in my heart the good times I've had here, the strong and loyal support of the fans in the tough times and the love from Liverpool. I have no words to thank you enough for all these years and I am very proud to say that I was your manager.

"Thank you so much once more and always remember: You'll never walk alone."

After a poor start to the campaign, which included an exit from the Champions League in the group stage, Benitez guaranteed he would qualify for the competition in 2010-11. But Benitez failed to deliver on that guarantee and only booked a place in the Europa League due to Portsmouth's perilous financial state, with Liverpool losing 19 matches in all competitions.

Failure to qualify for Europe's elite competition has ramifications for Liverpool's own finances, leading to speculation that star names such as Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres could be sold off to balance the books

News of the 50-year-old's impending exit broke on Wednesday evening with talks underway to agree a compensation package. It is thought Benitez will receive a £6 million pay-off.

The Liverpool board feels that the club needs a new direction to stand any chance of finishing in the top four next season.

Liverpool released the following statement: "Liverpool FC today confirmed that Rafael Benitez is to leave the club by mutual consent. Mr Benitez relinquishes his position as team manager after six years and the board of directors would like to place on record their grateful thanks for his services and wish him all the best in his future career.

"The board has now asked managing director Christian Purslow, with the assistance of club ambassador Kenny Dalglish, to begin a formal search to identify and assess potential candidates for the managerial position. No timescale has been placed on the process and Liverpool FC will make no further statement until a new manager is appointed."

Liverpool chairman Martin Broughton said: "Rafa will forever be part of Liverpool folklore after bringing home the Champions League following the epic final in Istanbul but after a disappointing season both parties felt a fresh start would be best for all concerned.''

Benitez, who won the Champions League with Liverpool in 2005 and also reached the final 2007, is now the favourite to take over at Inter Milan following Jose Mourinho's exit for Real Madrid and Fabio Capello's decision to stay with England.

"We really like Rafa Benitez and he is in our favour since the Champions League final in Istanbul [when Liverpool beat rivals AC Milan in 2005]," Inter director Gabriele Oriali told Corriere dello Sport.


http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=792423&sec=england&cc=5901

Finidi was better

At doing what? dribbling and running, well maybe? but crossing? lai lai and that my friend is how wingers are judged, if not pius ikedia would have been the greatest winger ever. If finidi was so good, how come i didn't see him playing for the likes of Madrid, Milan or Man. U? instead he played in a mid table spanish team like Betis. Heck, the dutch league is not considered as a top league in Europe and while his colleagues were heading off to greener pastures like Madrid and Milan, your boy ended up in Betis of all places.

By the way, did you even read the article in the first place?

Let's hope that "Los Albicelestes" don't put 5 on us.

JeSoul:
^ dude relax now, we're all jokers in here. Have some fun or don't you like Charmin tissue?

Omo, its amazing how Nigerians get worked up over little things geez.

ow11:
Kwadwo Asamoah is one contender. I would like to think Seydou Keita played something like that at the AFCON.

Seriously, 'monkey post' has ruined our football and if that is fixed today, it will take another 10 years to get to the dizzy heights of 1994.

All schools with no big pitches should be closed!

On the contrary, i don't think monkey post has ruined football. "Monkey post" helps develop children with skills at a small age. The best way to develop and learn skills are in uncontrolled settings in tight (small) spaces or pitches. The reason why brazillians are so skillful is because they play on the beach and they play futsal. The reason why the Americans and the English are not skillful is because they play on full sized pitches at an extremely young age and instead of learning creativity, theyare are being taught tatics so they are not able to develop those improvisational skills.
Its at age fifteen and above that kids should be given the experience of playing on a standard pitch and the skills that come with it like heading and wing play. Its no co-incidence that we have never had a winger like Beckham.

cap28:
bkbabe can i ask you a question ? you say you are part colombian and part "black" why are you on a nigerian forum? why arent you with your colombian people debating - or could it be because your "colombian" father deserted your mother before you were born and now like a discarded piece of rubbish you are floating around looking for a race of people to belong to - listen up mongrel, YOU ARE NOT WELCOME OR WANTED ON THIS FORUM - this forum is for full blooded africans not mongrels who don't know who or what they are, now scram!!!!

WOAH!!! WHAT A TERRIBLE RACIST COMMENT omo!!! na wa for some people o

Kobojunkie:
I am serious, this behaviour seems present in only Nigerians . lol .

I go buka with this gal, she begin dey do yanga and talking down to the lady serving us. The lady, I think from cameroon or some other french speaking nation in africa, simply ignored her and continued serving other customers, myself included. My friend took offence and proceeded to demand she speak to manager. Long story short, we left with me hoping they did not spit in the meal. LOL

That thing is sooooooooo annoying, my mother was being rude to a waiter at a restaurant and i was very mad at her.
One of my other friends even caused an incident at a restaurant because of it once.

12large,
What i am saying is that creativity in football is not all about dribbling.

medjai:
The problem is not just with W Africa, its in the game as a whole. Football now is more about efficiency. Coaches just want to win games. Even Brazil that is known for producing extremely creative players have adopted a less creative but efficient pattern of play under Dunga. There's no place for extremely creative players any more. Thats why Quaresma could not make it at Inter. Robinho could not at City. Coaches want someone that will run with the ball and square it. No much need for skills.

You are sooooooo right. Football is now about pragmatism and not idealism anymore.

Jarus:
Creative players my foot. These are not the type of creative midfielders the writer was referring to. We are talking about JJ, Abedi Pele and you are mentioning Lukman Haruna, Okoro, Ekpo. Rabiu that cannot break into Sporting Lisbon team after about 2 seasons or Ekpo that is stucked in MLS. Imagine parading Okoro and Rabiu against Macherano & Veron.

These are not the type of creative midfielders the writer was talking about jare.

O ri e pe jare. But i didn't know that Ekpo is in MLS. omo naija get talent ooooo chai what a shame. What country that wants to be taken seriously would have players in the MLS.