Hallo Gündoğan, lass dir gesagt sein: Du irrst dich gewaltig. Es ist eine Schande, dass ein Spitzenspieler wie du eine so einfache Sache nicht begreift: Wenn man den Torwart behindert, ist das ein Foul. Mag sein, dass es in der Premier League nicht geahndet wird, aber das bedeutet nicht, dass es die richtige Entscheidung der Unparteiischen ist. Die englische Liga versucht, uns daran zu gewöhnen, dass solche Fouls nicht gepfiffen werden.
I'm not an agent of doom, but it looks like it wants to rain again. The weather has changed.
If you are selling akara and kulikuli, you might want to work remotely tomorrow.
Let me tell you guys something. Everything you see happening with Morocco is not a fluke. They’re conscious about their growth.
You see that man the players were throwing up at the end, his name is Fouzi Lekjaa, he’s their football federation president, he’s one of the major guys behind their transformation.
Let me tell you few of their strategies.
Around 2009, they started by building state-of-the-art facilities across the country, no embezzlement, nobody stole the money for their personal gain.
The goal was for every child to have access to a facility, no matter where they are. In fact, they built some facilities that had multiple pitches, world class pitches brethren.
They mandated their league teams to also maintain their academies. Some of those young boys from various academies were part of the players that won the u20 World Cup last year. That’s one of the things Fouzi Lekjaa did. It starts with the youth.
Many of the teams also have women team, it was a mandate. That’s why you see their women’s league growing , as well as the women national team. They played the final with Nigeria last two years or so. They’ll start winning it soon.
It didn’t stop there, they’ve become so attractive that players in diaspora with Moroccan heritage can play for them. You can be eligible to play for France or England and you will choose Morocco, as it stands, because they’re not a small team anymore. They’re very attractive.
Those state of the art facilities are now being used to host tournaments, they’ve hosted many in recent years including the last AFCON. In 4 years’ time, they’ll host a World Cup. This is a country that took their growth seriously. They have a great leadership.
The good thing about them taking this seriously is that their country is now known. I have a colleague at work who has gone to Morocco on holiday more than 3 times. The tourism has greatly improved, they’re now making money from all angles. Other businesses are thriving. A leadership that has vision, not the one that wants us to fry akara.
Nothing happens by fluke brethren. Nothing.