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African football, history and analysis! By @TheOddSolace | #OddStat | Support the best football writing out of Africa:

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NEW: What is Eric cooking?

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NEW: Betting the House
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Nigeria's GOATs: 8-5 #RIPChristianChukwu

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New Wall, old mortar
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NEW: Cold light of day

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#OddStat While he continues to trail Rashidi Yekini's mythical total of 37 goals for Nigeria, Victor Osimhen has scored a higher percentage of his 25 international goals in competitive matches (96%) than Yekini (86.49%) did. Heir.

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Something interesting happened...
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NEW: The spirit of error

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NEW: Blessed are the meek...
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NEW Finidi: Audition Tape 1
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NEW: 'A bird in the hand...'

"It almost seems like, past a certain point, federations are condemned to reactivity, waiting for things to go completely off the rails before they can step in. This flies in the face of a core tenet of dynastic thinking..."

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Context: Jose Peseiro
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FIFA's Chief of Global Football Development, Arsene Wenger reflects on the recent AFCON and outlines his hopes for the continued development of football in @CAF_Online and beyond⚽️

"There have been remarkable improvements since the last tournament. On the pitch, off the pitch, the organisation, the quality of the pitches, the level of organisation on the pitch - the commitment was intense.

"Over the next six months to one year, our plan is to open more academies in Africa. We are now close to opening new ones in Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Ghana and Zambia. By the end of 2026, we’ll have 75 academies all over the world. That means football education has moved forward and that’s what we’re focusing on at the moment.

"We want the game to be more competitive and of better quality and there is only one way to do it: it’s the quality of the football education and quality of the competitions."

What is football education?

"It means just to make the ball your friend. Football is played with your feet and that’s not completely natural, it has to be educated. To do it well, you have to start at a very, very young age. Once you have that basis, you have to prepare the players to adapt to every style of play.

"But they can only do it if they have the right level technically and that’s what we want to do. Our academies for boys and girls start at Under 12. At 17, they go into competitive football but first, you have to prepare them."

More on FIFA Academies plan ➡️ https://t.co/Ia5UcgqOrp

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It is universally agreed that @NGSuperEagles play at #AFCON2023 was not in keeping with its identity. But what is that identity, and how did it come about?

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Memories. #AFCON2023

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Pantheon. #CotedIvoire #AFCON2023

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#OddStat Jose Peseiro is now 1-3 in major cup finals, with his sole success coming in the Taça da Liga (Portuguese League Cup) as @SCBragaOficial manager in 2013.

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NEW: #AFCON2023 Final review

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@Preacherpen @TheOddSolace https://t.co/VMsUwmQPBE

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Haller did not start a game at #AFCON2023 until the semi-finals.

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Here is @TheOddSolace Team of #AFCON2023

Ronwen Williams; Ola Aina, William Ekong, Chancel Mbemba, Arthur Masuaku; Teboho Mokoena, Frank Onyeka, Franck Kessie; Yoane Wissa, Ademola Lookman, Victor Osimhen

Joao Paulo and Adingra missed out for lack of performance quantity.

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Haller did not start a game at #AFCON2023 until the semi-finals.

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@Chaos_Digest @TheOddSolace Why Osimen Victor ahead of Sebastian Haller 🤔🤔🤔ahhh