When Cape Verde started taking control, every major decision suddenly went Argentina’s way.
When Egypt looked ready to go three goals clear, the referee found a reason to wipe one off.
When Switzerland threatened to complete the turnaround, a Swiss player was conveniently sent off.
You can look away all you want, but the pattern is becoming impossible to ignore. The favouritism is glaring, and the stench of corruption is everywhere.
🚨🗣️ José Mourinho on the refereeing in Argentina's 3-2 victory over Egypt:
"When you play against this Argentina team, being 2-0 up is never enough, because you are not just trying to beat eleven men on the pitch. You are trying to beat the whistle. You are trying to beat the VAR room. You are trying to beat the entire script of the tournament.
Salah was through on goal and the referee blows his whistle for a foul against Egypt for Paredes failing to get the ball. Cristian Romero almost snaps Mohamed Salah’s leg in half, and the referee suddenly goes blind. No card. Egypt scores a beautiful goal, and VAR rewinds the game back to the Stone Age just to find a reason to cancel it. And then, in the 93rd minute, they foul Salah in the box, a clear penalty that would win Egypt the game and they let play continue so Enzo can go down the other end and score the winner. It is not football anymore. It is a movie, and the ending has already been decided before the players even walk out of the tunnel."
Some of us have seen better days, but we've also seen worse. We may not have everything we want, but we're grateful for all that we have. Some mornings, we wake up with aches and pains, yet we still rise. Our lives aren't perfect, but we are truly blessed.
‼️🗣️Thierry Henry on the Senegal penalty:
“I know it’s difficult to make decisions at that crucial moment as a referee, but I think he was too harsh considering the time of the game. If you swapped the jerseys, it was never going to be checked by VAR.”
🚨 Pep Guardiola on Belgium’s late penalty:
🗣️ Reporter:
“What did you make of the penalty?”
🗣️ Pep Guardiola:
“I always say football should be decided by football. Senegal had defended with incredible discipline for almost the entire match. To see such a soft contact become the defining moment is very difficult for everyone to understand.”
“If the contact is not absolutely clear, I don’t think you decide a World Cup knockout match with a penalty in the final moments. Let the players decide it themselves.”
“Senegal earned the right to keep fighting. Belgium earned the right to keep attacking. In games like this, I prefer the result to come from the quality of the football, not from one controversial decision.”
“When two teams have sacrificed so much, one whistle should never become bigger than everything that happened over ninety minutes.”
“Of course the referee has to make decisions, and I respect that. But these are the moments that leave people talking about officiating instead of the football. Nobody wants that.”
“If you cannot say with complete certainty that it is a penalty, then don’t give it. At this level, every decision carries enormous consequences.
🗣️ José Mourinho blasts the referee and VAR after Belgium’s controversial late penalty.
🗣️ “That’s never a penalty. Never.
I watched the replay five, six, seven times, and I’m still asking myself what the referee saw. Tielemans doesn’t win the ball, there’s minimal contact, and somehow it’s enough to decide one of the biggest games of the tournament.
Football is becoming impossible for defenders. Every slight touch is treated like a crime. If that’s the standard, then we should tell defenders not to challenge anymore because any attacker who goes to ground will expect a penalty.
The most disappointing part isn’t even the referee, it’s VAR. That’s exactly why VAR exists: to correct clear mistakes, not to protect them.
You cannot let 120 minutes of sacrifice, tactics and hard work be overshadowed by such a soft decision. At this level, that’s simply unacceptable.”
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#BELSEN
🔸When I say we need new leaders, this is what I mean.
Whether we like it or not, the majority of the star players in European and American teams are of African heritage. Most of them, their parents or grandparents ended up leaving the Continent for greener pastures because of either a lack of opportunity, poor economic conditions, war or some other manifestation of bad governance.
The undeniable talent of these players demonstrates beyond doubt that, with the right ecosystem, our people can thrive and reach the top. They often do in optimal environments.
There’s no gain saying that every nation rises or falls on the quality of its leaders. Good leaders create strong economies where freedom, fairness and opportunity are available to all. The ecosystem makes fertile ground for success.
Bad leaders do the opposite. Like everything else, fixing the leadership crisis on the Continent will significantly improve our outcomes in football.
Competent leaders should be able to see that winning can never be a miracle. It takes work. There has to be a solid investment in the infrastructure around the game - strong junior academies, more investment in training expertise, more high performance centres, stronger local leagues, better stadia and sharper thinking around the business of the game.
Teams that lose after the 80th minute aren’t worse at the game. They are simply outperformed by teams whose mentality has been honed by a strong ecosystem almost from the start. Everything is optimized for grand success.
They don’t have to worry about the little things like whether or not they’ve been paid their bonuses. Their facilities and training camps are the best in the world. Their sponsors come to the party. The stadia are full to the brim with their supporters. You don’t just “get a winning mentality”. It’s the product of very deliberate investment, competent administration and a serious commitment over time by national leaders to take football seriously and in effect, “play the game” - to win.
We need new leaders.🇿🇼
Africa - 10 slots - 9 advanced
Asia 9 slots - 2 advanced
Europe. 16 slots - 13 advanced
North America- 6 slots- 3 advanced
South America 6 slots- 5 advanced
Oceania- 1 slot - 0 advanced
Yet one guy was saying Africa’s slot should be reduced . That’s how you shut up people . Africa great job
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I feel compelled to address the question of our relationship with ZANU PF members and supporters.
I do so in the context of the toxicity that now increasingly defines our engagements; where we have reduced everything to “us” and “them,” and no longer judge issues on their merit. It has become so deep that even professionals who have aligned themselves with the opposition are now being told they cannot work for or with ZANU PF members and supporters. With CAB3, the absurdity has gone further: if you are ZANU PF, you are apparently not even entitled to criticize it.
It has not always been this way, and it must not be allowed to remain this way for one more day.
At the social level, there is no ruling party and opposition. We are families before we are political camps. Our political choices define our politics, not our humanity. That is why people can marry across political lines, do business across political lines, and even worship in the same church. That is what a normal country looks like; not the overly artificial divisions being forced upon us by social media. On this matter, social media has become thoroughly antisocial.
I understand that people are weary of sellouts. But maintaining a relationship with someone does not, by itself, make one a sellout.
Let me be clear: I have a deep revulsion toward ZANU PF. At times, it comes very close to hatred. But even so, ZANU PF members are Zimbabweans. They are not my enemies by virtue of being who they are; they are people with whom I simply hold different views. The difference is sincere, I’m prepared to go to the grave in its attestation. But at times, even our private interests and concerns align.
So yes, let us oppose the ZANU PF way of doing things. The ZANU PF way is with respect a wrong way, totally and fundamentally objectionable in my view. Let us crush its politics of oppression, arrogance, corruption, avarice and misrule. But let us never lose our humanity in the process. Let love abound, and let us remain one people; for that is what we are.
This is the largest sporting event on the planet, despite what some Americans may believe, and the decision to prevent Africa's leading referee from participating in the World Cup sends an extraordinarily damaging message about the United States and the direction in which it is heading.
I am genuinely astonished that FIFA has not lodged a formal protest with the United States Government and sought intervention to ensure that this referee, who is held in the highest regard within the international refereeing community, is granted a visa to undertake one of the most important roles in world football. For any referee, appointment to a World Cup is among the greatest honours the sport can bestow.
A person's country of birth should never be the sole reason for preventing them from entering a country to carry out a specific professional duty at a specific international event. Particularly when the President of the United States publicly assured the world that participants would be welcomed.
If nationality alone has been the determining factor, then this is a serious stain upon both the tournament and the host nation. It raises profound questions about fairness, equality of treatment and whether political considerations are now taking precedence over sporting merit.
The World Cup is supposed to bring nations together. Decisions such as this achieve precisely the opposite.
Yesterday, Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria posted on Twitter that Nigerians can now export cow bones duty-free to China.
Under the comment sections, some Nigerians were asking the ambassador to tell them what they are using the cow bones for😁
Some were telling the ambassador to tell his people to come and setup the processing facility here in Nigeria, so they can create jobs.
Funny people. I laughed at our inability to do simple Google search.
As a livestock farmer and Agro commodities trader, I already know the uses of cow bones.
And about building a factory here in Nigeria? Nigerians are the ones to do it, but sadly everyone is building hotels😁
Let me tell you a few uses of cow bones.
Here are 4 major uses of cow bones you can mention in your content;
✍🏻Bone meal fertilizer: Cow bones are processed into bone meal, rich in phosphorus and calcium, used to improve soil fertility.
They prefer this to fertilize their soil not the chemical sold to our rural farmers.
✍🏻Animal feed supplement: Processed bone meal can be used as a mineral supplement in livestock feed, especially for calcium and phosphorus.
We use this for chicken feed, pig, and fish feed production.
Verify the price per kg and you’ll be shocked.
✍🏻Gelatin production: Cow bones can be processed to extract gelatin, used in food, pharmaceuticals, capsules, and cosmetics.
Just imagine the volume of cow bones wasting in your village?
Pharmaceuticals companies are paying billions of dollars to buy it from those processing it.
And I believe those Chinese companies will focus more on this.
It is big money wasting away in Africa because we don’t know anything about value addition.
✍🏻Activated carbon / bone char: Burnt bones can produce bone char, used in filtration, sugar refining, and water purification.
Pause here and think deeply with me. They use bone char for water purification in their country.
But they produce capsules and sell to us for water purification😳
Let’s not blame them. We take responsibility.
Now, let’s be honest. This is a golden opportunity for us. Let’s export the cow bones and cash out.
Also, let’s learn how to process the cow bones locally and export the finish product too.
If I tell you now that chicken feed producers in Nigeria import bone meal, you won’t believe. Research it yourself.
A ton of bone meal is around $200 - $750 currently.
Bro, just imagine earning over $200 from wastage thrown around our local markets in Africa.
Business opportunity for you. Do your research and see how you can position to serve this market
Good morning 5am club. A person who betrays you once can betray you a thousand times. Keep your distance. You don’t have to drink the entire sea to realize that it is salty.🌺