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FEATURE ARTICLE
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Thursday, December 19, 2024 |
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" Never allow your failures to weigh you down, turn your pains to power ! " Ademola Lookman on winning the 2024 CAF men's player of the year award.
Ademola Lookman's rise to soccer stardom, certainly, did't come on a platter. The above cited quotations of his, depict his experiences in his soccer journey that has led to the present humongous success! He had it very rough at the beginning of his soccer career. He was rejected on a number of occasions. But hardwork, persistence and peserverance, finally saw him through! He was unfazed by the numerous failures encounterd on the way; he stubbornly pushed along the thorny path until he come upon success! With all due respects and all due humililty, yours truly recognises himself in Ademola Lookman's story in this regard. Philosophers say that " Failure is the inverted side of success" ! Sweet success was finally obtained by our dear " Golden" Ademola Lookman ! Once more, my heartiest congratulations! To Almighty God be all the glory !!!!!!!! Once sincerely hopes he would remain on top for quite some time to come. As one pointed out at the celebration of the success of Victor Oshimen, alias "El Magnifico", in the same vein last year: After he won the 2023 CAF best men's soccer player award, his (their) success, could herald a new renaissance of the hitherto all-conquering Super Eagles of yore, that brushed aside all opposition on the way to becoming the then (1994) African soccer champions and went on to be one of the continent's representatives at the 1994 World cup competition. And with humogous success, as they advanced to the second round of the World cup competition; with beautiful/expansive soccer to the bargain, that deservedly earned them the recognition of the fifth best team on the globe! The omens appear bright, even brighter than ever before, that such heroic performance of historic proportions on the part of the Super Eagles of Nigeria is about being repeated! What with the array of highly talented players ( potential stars ) in the Super Eagles' set-up presently! The fact the Super Eagles reached the final of the 2023 AFCON competition in Cote d' Ivoire earlier in the year, is a big pointer in this direction. It thus more than ever before, behoves on the NFF to get the Super Eagles of Nigeria, a befitting trainer/coach that can mould the array of talents in the team into world beaters, which they are destined to be.
The starting point in this direction, is for the NFF to do the needful and get that needed coach before the resumption of the World cup qualifiers in March 2025. Then the journey to world stardom will start on the part of the Super Eagles. A journey that would hopefully result in winning one of the African tickets to the 2026 World cup competition ; and, hopefully, result in winning a fourth AFCON title, in Morocco. And, that hopefully, will be crowned with a fantastic participation at the 2026 World cup competition! These are big dreams on paper ; but methinks are realisable, given Nigeria's possibilities. It would be a big loss on the part of the players and, indeed, the nation at large, that given these potentialities, Nigeria falls short of expectations.
In conclusion: Once more, a very big congratulations to Ademola Lookman! One hopes he like the other Nigerian players keep the flag flying! On a final note, here is wishing my numerous readers and mankind, a very merry Christmas and a fantastic 2025! God's choicest blessings all the way !!!!!!!!!!! UP ADEMOLA LOOKMAN ! UP SUPER EAGLES !! UP NIGERIA !!!!!!
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