Source: http://www.nkenu.com/2016/07/top-five-lessons-from-portugals-euro.html

Top bookies would never have bet on it. Renowned soccer analysts wouldn't have given them a chance. A semifinals appearance would have been a surprise to many soccer enthusiasts, but the Portuguese National team, against all odds, won the Euros 2016 in one of the fairy-tales in European Football History. From qualifying as the best loser in a not too tough group, to winning three knockout matches over 120 minutes, here are the top lessons to take away from the team's triumph in France:


- When there is a will, there is power: Coming off from disappointing group stage matches, the Portuguese will to keep on going even when all seems not to work is infective. They had the will to take something out of the tournament, that has eluded the country ever since, and took strength from nowhere but within themselves. The end result is a win that no one couldn't have predicted boldly few weeks ago. LET THE WILL COMES FIRST, THE POWER WILL SURELY BE AROUSED.

- Importance of team spirit over Individuality: The nation won as a team, with no single out-and-out performer over the duration of the tournament. There were individual goals, like there always are in every soccer teams, but they never got over the team's ultimate goal. NEVER UNDERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH A TEAM'S EFFORTS CAN TAKE YOU, AS AGAINST YOUR INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS.

- The team's resilience: Playing over 330 minutes in three matches, against the normal 270 minutes at the knockout stage would have in all sense weaken the team going to the final match against France, but the team's was resilient enough to compete over another 120 minutes to get their ultimate goal. They knew what they were chasing, and never relented until the last minute to get it. NEVER QUIT UNTIL YOU GET TO YOUR DESTINATION.

Ronaldo's goal getting mentality even in the face of criticisms: Over the course of his career, Cristiano Ronaldo has had the grace to win all the competitions he has partaken in over two leagues, with Man Utd and Real Madrid respectively but never has he had to share a moment of fulfillment with his Portuguese national team. He was criticized for reacting immaturely in the team's first couple of games, but his competitiveness was never in doubt. He was deemed egoistic, proud, arrogant, self-willed, and aging but he never stopped chasing his goals. He wanted a triumph with the national side badly. He was emotional about it, and this was highly contagious in the team. His perceived egoistic nature has always been subjected to scrutiny, but this Portuguese man has every right to beat his chest, because there are very few goal getters like him in football’s history. NEVER STOP BELIEVING IN YOURSELF, EVEN WHEN OTHERS STOP BELIEVING IN YOURSELF.

Yes, there is a thing called "luck": There have always been debates over if there is a thing called "Luck" in the real meaning of it. Portugal recent triumph affirms the saying that “the smartest (luckiest), not the strongest wins the race". The Portuguese team were never favorites coming into the tournament. The likes of Spain, Italy, Belgium, France, Germany were strongly tipped to win the tournament, but Portugal benefited from these top teams' slips to win the tournament. They were lucky enough to escape all the favorites, till the final, where their experience and team spirit counted against the host team. From Spain losing out a chance to play against the team by coming second to Croatia, to Belgium losing out to Wales unexpectedly to set an easier hurdle for Portugal to cross, the team was an embodiment of luck. Perhaps, it is the god of football's gift to their Nation, to quench their thirst for a major trophy in International Competitions over the years. YES, THERE IS A THING CALLED LUCK, PRAY YOU GET LUCKY, WHEN YOUR STRENGTH WON'T HELP YOU.


- We are all equals, there are no minnows or strongholds in competitions: [/b]Yes, there are favorites in any competition, but there are equally no Minnows. Each team has the chance to triumph. Football is a competition of 11 men against 11 men with legs, the team that takes its chances the most, take the credit, not the team parading the most fantastic lineups. Portugal had little familiar faces in their team, but it never stopped them from beating the bookie's favorites to the trophy. NO ONE IS BETTER THAN YOU, UNLESS YOU SUBMIT YOURSELF TO SUCH A PERSON. YOU HAVE EQUAL ODDS OF SUCCEEDING, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER PERSON.

**Author: Adediran Adedayo

[b]Source: http://www.nkenu.com/2016/07/top-five-lessons-from-portugals-euro.html

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HOW EUROPE UNDERDEVELOPED AFRICA:
Ben Arfa (Tunisia) - France
Paul Pogba (Guinea) - France
Karim Benzema (Algeria) - France
Samir Nasri (Algeria) - France
Govou (Benin) - France Zinedine Zidane (Algeria) -
France
Luis Nani (Cape Verde) - Portugal
Christian Benteke (DRC) -
Belgium
Jerome Boateng (Ghana) - Germany
David Alaba (Nigeria) - Austria
Oguchi Onyewu (Nigeria) - USA
Angelo Ogbonna (Nigeria) - Italy
Dennis Aogo (Nigeria) - Germany
Okaka Chuka (Nigeria) - Italy Gabriel Agbonlahor (Nigeria) -
Scotland
Patrick Owemoyela (Nigeria) -
Germany
Nedum Onuoah (Nigeria) -
England Patrick Vieira (Senegal) - France
Mousa Dembele (Mali) - Belgium
Romelo Lukaku (DRC) - Belgium
Sami Khedira (Tunisia) - Germany
Vincent Kompany (Congo) -
Belgium Danny Welbeck (Ghana) -
England
Mario Balotelli (Ghana) - Italy
Mamadou Sakho (Guinea) -
France
Bacary Sagna (Senegal) - France Patrice Evra (Guinea) - France
El Shaarawy (Egypt) - Italy
Dirick Origi (Kenya) - Belgium
Ramires Makukula (Swaziland) - Brazil
They leave us with Mikel, Yobo, Aiyegbeni, Nsofor,
Song, Kaita, Sulley Muntari. How can africa win the World cup with these? mtcheeeew
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Every event and occurrence must just get lesson.....

Good script well said

It can be used as sermon i concur to the thoughfulness in this write up.Well done

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space bookers sighted

yeah

Nice Nuggets

Had it been they lost some wailing wailers will blame Buhari for their Failure. Ororo ronaldo my guy. The next Balon D'or awaits you

Moses

Moz22:
Moses

Aaron

ah, "shidi ebere"!

I believed in dem, sheck pics below 4 proof...

gbaskiboy:
Aaron

joshua

So much to learn from this victory. #Resilience #Determination #Hardwork

We learn from every situation.

Hmm.. I just dey laugh. If to say dat gignac last minute strike enter, i for know wetin d op go talk. By d way, Ronaldo is 10 times better than messi.

indeed lucky

Though I'm Ronaldo fan.... But never supported Portugal since after their woeful display in group stage

All hail baba CR7..pls click like for the next ballon d´or winner.

ThePeacemaker:
Lessons I learnt

1. pogba is overrated

2. France is a black country

3. Renaldo is better than Messi

Thank God u said renaldo not ronaldo. Eder better pass messi sef...mtcheew
so 3 balon d'or> 5 balon d'or

People keep comparing ronaldo to messi but u never see them comparing ronaldo to pele or maradona. That is how great messi is.

People forget that if higuain didn't Bleep up in the last 3 finals, messi would have won 3 trophies for argentina.

Ronaldo deserves the balon d'or this year sha. Portugal won despite all odds.

FvckeDyoBiTch:
Messi will never evervwin the ballon door again

From a spiteful point of view, the short midget led his team to the finals and choked the fvck out, Nigga even missed a penalty and proceeded to cry like a lil Bitchh that he is...LMFAO

From a logical view, FIFA is widely known to be corrupt and with an organization trying hard to revamp its image, giving an award to a tax evader is as good as endorsing corruption.

Sure, the Ballon door is strictly for football achievements but why will they want to give that to a criminal?

Think of it as giving employee of the month to someone whom was involved in a brutal fight and spent the night at the police cell, that isnt laying a good example to the youngies in the organization

what does this have to do with the topic


do you sleep at night with this kind of hate

FvckeDyoBiTch:
Messi will never evervwin the ballon door again

From a spiteful point of view, the short midget led his team to the finals and choked the fvck out, Nigga even missed a penalty and proceeded to cry like a lil Bitchh that he is...LMFAO

From a logical view, FIFA is widely known to be corrupt and with an organization trying hard to revamp its image, giving an award to a tax evader is as good as endorsing corruption.

Sure, the Ballon door is strictly for football achievements but why will they want to give that to a criminal?

Think of it as giving employee of the month to someone whom was involved in a brutal fight and spent the night at the police cell, that isnt laying a good example to the youngies in the organization

e pain am.

FvckeDyoBiTch:
Messi will never evervwin the ballon door again

From a spiteful point of view, the short midget led his team to the finals and choked the fvck out, Nigga even missed a penalty and proceeded to cry like a lil Bitchh that he is...LMFAO

From a logical view, FIFA is widely known to be corrupt and with an organization trying hard to revamp its image, giving an award to a tax evader is as good as endorsing corruption.

Sure, the Ballon door is strictly for football achievements but why will they want to give that to a criminal?

Think of it as giving employee of the month to someone whom was involved in a brutal fight and spent the night at the police cell, that isnt laying a good example to the youngies in the organization

Hater, even your language shows that you are worse than all the things you have mentioned.

Lesson ko, Assignment ni.