FULL STATS IN RUSSIA 18

Total mactches= 64

⚽⚽TOTAL GOALS SCORED - 169 (2.64 per match)

OWN GOALS SCORED - 12

PENALTIES TAKEN - 29

PENALTIES SCORED - 22

PENALTIES MISSED - 7

FREE-KICK SCORED - 7

TOTAL RED CARDS - 4

TOTAL YELLOW CARDS - 219

*TOP SCORERS:⚽⚽⚽

1. H. Kane (England) - 6

2. K. Mbappé (France) - 4

3. Griezmann (France) - 4

4. C. Ronaldo (Portugal) - 4

5. R. Lukaku (Belgium) - 4

6. D. Cheryshev (Russia) - 4

7. Ivan Perišić (Croatia) - 3

8. M. Mandžukić (Croatia) - 3

9. E. Hazard (Belgium) - 3

10. D. Costa (Spain) - 3

11. E. Cavani (Uruguay) - 3

12. A. Dzyuba (Russia) - 3

13. Y. Mina (Colombia) - 3

14. P. Coutinho (Brazil) - 2

15. J. Stones (England) - 2

16. M. Salah (Egypt) - 2

17. L. Suárez (Uruguay) - 2

18. A. Granqvist (Sweden) - 2

19. L. Modric (Croatia) - 2

20. D. Neymar Jr. (Brazil) - 2

21. S. Agüero (Argentina) - 2

22. A. Musa (Nigeria) - 2

23. M. Jedinak (Australia) - 2

24. S. Heung-min (South Korea) - 2

25. W. Khazri (Tunisia) - 2

26. T. Inui (Japan) - 2

27. 1 GOAL - 84 players

* AWARDS:

BEST PLAYER: Luka Modric (Croatia)

BEST YOUNG PLAYER: Kylian Mbappé (France)

TOP SCORER: Harry Kane (England)

BEST GOALKEEPER: Thibaut Courtois (Belgium)

BEST FAIR PLAY TEAM: Spain

* WORLD CUP RANKINGS:

1. France

2. Croatia

3. Belgium

4. England

5. Russia

6. Sweden

7. Brazil

8. Uruguay

9. Colombia

10. Switzerland

11. Japan

12. Mexico

13. Denmark

14. Spain

15. Portugal

16. Argentina

17. Senegal

18. Poland

19. Tunisia

20. Panama

21. Korea Republic

22. Germany

23. Serbia

24. Costa Rica

25. Nigeria

26. Iceland

27. Peru

28. Australia

29. Iran

30. Morocco

31. Saudi Arabia

32. Egypt

* PRIZE MONEY DISTRIBUTION

1ST <CHAMPIONS> - $38m

2ND - $28m

3RD PLACE - $24m

4TH PLACE - $22m

5TH–8TH PLACE (QUARTER-FINALS) - $16m

9TH–16TH PLACE (ROUND OF 16) - $12m

17TH–32ND PLACE (GROUP STAGE) - $8M

* WORLD CUP WINNERS:

1930 - Uruguay 🇺🇾

1934 - Italy 🇮🇹

1938 - Italy 🇮🇹

1950 - Uruguay 🇺🇾

1954 - Germany 🇩🇪

1958 - Brazil 🇧🇷

1962 - Brazil 🇧🇷

1966 - England 🏴

1970 - Brazil 🇧🇷

1974 - Germany 🇩🇪

1978 - Argentina 🇦🇷

1982 - Italy 🇮🇹

1986 - Argentina 🇦🇷

1990 - Germany 🇩🇪

1994 - Brazil 🇧🇷

1998 - France 🇫🇷

2002 - Brazil 🇧🇷

2006 - Italy 🇮🇹

2010 - Spain 🇪🇸

2014 - Germany 🇩🇪

2018 - France 🇫🇷

SUMMARY

Brazil 🇧🇷 - 5

Germany 🇩🇪 - 4

Italy 🇮🇹 - 4

Argentina 🇦🇷 - 2

France 🇫🇷 - 2

Uruguay 🇺🇾 - 2

England 🏴 - 1

Spain 🇪🇸 - 1

* Only three managers have won the World Cup as both a player and a manager:

1958 & 1970: 🇧🇷 Mario Zagallo

1974 & 1990: 🇩🇪 Franz Beckenbauer

1998 & 2018: 🇫🇷 Didier Deschamps

* GOALKEEPING ERRORS THAT LED TO GOALS AT THE 2018 WORLD CUP:

🇵🇱 Wojciech Szczesny

🇩🇪 Manuel Neuer

🇦🇷 Willy Caballero

🇺🇾 Fernando Muslera

🇭🇷 Danijel Subasic

🇸🇦 Mohammed Al Owais

🇪🇸 David De Gea

🇦🇷 Franco Armani

🇯🇵 Eiji Kawashima

🇫🇷 Hugo Llloris

 

* Most MAN OF THE MATCHES WON:

Griezmann (3)

Modric (3)

Hazard (3)

Kane (3)

Ronaldo (2)

Cheryshev (2)

Coutinho (2)

Mbappé (2)

Suárez (2)

* GOALS SCORED FROM OUTSIDE THE 18yard

🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo (Freekick)

🇧🇷 Philippe Coutinho

🇪🇸 Nacho

🇭🇷 Luka Modrić

🇷🇺 Aleksandr Golovin (Freekick)

🇷🇸 Aleksandar Kolarov (Freekick)

🇨🇴 Juan Quintero (Freekick)

🇨🇭 Granit Xhaka

🇰🇷 Son Heung-min

🇩🇪 Toni Kroos (Freekick)

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jesse Lingard

🇺🇾 Luis Suárez (Freekick)

🇪🇬 Mohamed Salah

🇵🇹 Ricardo Quaresma

🇦🇷 Angel Di Maria

🇫🇷 Benjamin Pavard

🇷🇺 Denis Cheryshev

🏴 Kieran Trippier (Freekick)

🇫🇷 Paul Pogba

🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé

* OWN GOALS

Aziz Behich (against France)

Fernandinho (against Belgium)

Ahmed Fathy (against Russia)

Edson Álvarez (against Sweden)

Aziz Bouhaddouz (against Iran)

Oghenekaro Etebo (against Croatia)

Thiago Cionek (against Senegal)

Denis Cheryshev (against Uruguay)

Sergei Ignashevich (against Spain)

Yann Sommer (against Costa Rica)

Yassine Meriah (against Panama)

Mario Mandžukić (against France)

* PENALTIES BREAKDOWN 

☑️ Griezmann (3)

☑️Kane (3)

☑️ Jedinak (2)

☑️ Granqvist (2)

☑️ Hazard

☑️ Kagawa

☑️ Modric

☑️ Salah

☑️ Sassi

☑️ Ronaldo

☑️ Vela

☑️ Al-Faraj

☑️ Ansarifard

☑️ Sigurdsson

☑️ Moses

☑️ Dzyuba

✖️ Ronaldo

✖️ Sigurdsson

✖️ Cueva

✖️ Messi

✖️ Al-Muwallad

✖️ Modrić

✖️ Ruiz

SCORED - 22

MISSED - 7

* FREEKICKS SCORED 

🇷🇺 Aleksandr Golovin

🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo

🇷🇸 Aleksandar Kolarov

🇨🇴 Juan Quintero

🇩🇪 Toni Kroos

🇺🇾 Luis Suárez

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kieran Trippier

* PLAYETS ON RETIREMENT FROM INTERNATIONAL DUTIES AFTER RUSSIA 

Javier Mascherano (Argentina)

Lucas Biglia (Argentina)

Andres Iniesta (Spain)

Keisuke Honda (Japan)

Sardar Azmoun (Iran)

Sergei Ignashevich (Russia)

*(only confirmed ones)*

* MOST WORLD CUP APPEARANCES BY COUNTRIES:

🇧🇷 Brazil - 21

🇩🇪 Germany - 19

🇮🇹 Italy - 17

🇦🇷 Argentina - 17

🇲🇽 Mexico - 16

🇫🇷 France - 15

🇪🇸 Spain - 15

🏴 England - 15

🇧🇪 Belgium - 13

🇺🇾 Uruguay - 13

🇷🇸 Serbia - 12

🇸🇪 Sweden - 12

🇨🇭 Switzerland - 11

🇷🇺 Russia - 11

🇺🇸 USA - 10

🇳🇱 Netherlands - 10

🇰🇷 South Korea - 11

🇭🇺 Hungary - 10

🇨🇿 Czech Republic - 9

🇨🇱 Chile - 9

🏴 Scotland - 9

🇵🇱 Poland - 8

🇵🇾 Paraguay - 8

🇵🇹 Portugal - 7

🇧🇬 Bulgaria - 7

🇨🇲 Cameroon - 7

🇷🇴 Romania - 7

🇦🇹 Austria - 7

🇯🇵 Japan - 6

🇳🇬 Nigeria - 6

🇨🇴 Colombia - 5

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - 5

🇳🇿 Australia - 5

🇭🇷 Croatia - 5

🇹🇳 Tunisia - 5

🇮🇷 Iran - 5

🇨🇷 Costa Rica - 5

🇵🇪 Peru - 5

🇲🇦 Morocco - 5

🇩🇰 Denmark - 5

🇩🇿 Algeria - 4

🇬🇭 Ghana - 3

🇮🇪 Ivory Coast - 3

* FIFA WORLD CUP ALL-TIME TOP SCORERS:

1. M. Klose 🇩🇪 (16)

2. Ronaldo 🇧🇷 (15)

3. G. Muller 🇩🇪 (14)

4. J. Fontaine 🇫🇷 (13)

5. Pele 🇧🇷 (12)

6. S. Kocsis (11)

7. J. Klinsman 🇩🇪 (11)

8. T. Muller 🇩🇪 (10)

9. H. Rahn 🇩🇪 (10)

10. G. Batistuta 🇦🇷 (10)

11.G. Lineker 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (10)

* WORLD CUP GOALS BY CLUBS:

PSG - 12

Barcelona - 11

Tottenham - 11

Real Madrid - 10

Manchester United - 8

Atletico Madrid - 8

Manchester City - 5

Chelsea - 4

Liverpool - 4

Dortmund - 3

Inter Milan - 3

Juventus - 3

West Brom - 2

#I_Have_Love_For_Sports

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10 Fela Songs That Are Still Relevant In 2017, 20 Years After His Death

1. Original Sufferhead (1981)

This song describes the problems and sufferings that abound in Africa as a continent, despite its rich resources. He condemns the ‘big big man’ and ‘white man’ for taking up everything and leaving nothing but suffer and anguish for the average African man.

This song, released over 20 years ago sadly still applies greatly. The economic disparity between Africa and other continents is displayed in the fact that basic resources like food, water, electricity and the likes are still unavailable to a large number of people living in this part of the world. Such disparities are even found within countries, where we have the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.

2. Suffering and Smiling (1977)

Fela describes the life of the average Nigerian who is constantly suffering, but smiling through the pain, believing in the rewards that await them in the afterlife due to the teachings of religious leaders, who themselves live the most lavish lives, enjoying the so-called earthly pleasures. He warns people to open their eyes to this injustice and stop being blind followers of religion.

Things haven’t changed much today, as people still blindly follow religion (and religious leaders), without necessarily understanding its true meaning.

3. International Thief Thief (I.T.T.) (1980)

Fela uses the abbreviation of International Telephone & Telegraph (IT&T) to directly attack the company’s CEO, Moshood Abiola, and other politicians like Obasanjo who continuously betray the continent and their fellow Africans in their bid to get rich off the white man’s wealth.

This song is relevant in today’s world as seen in the violence that goes on in the Niger Delta as a result of the insufficient resources and recognition that the region is given despite being the major supplier of oil and the bulk of the county’s wealth.

Politicians are still looting, extorting and selling out their people in their bid to get richer.

4. Authority Stealing (1980)

This song, like may others, talks about how the government steals and loots the country’s resources on a daily and goes unpunished, while the petty thief gets killed and burned on a daily basis. For him, the people in authority are just civilized thieves who get away with their crimes because of their position.

Our government still steals from us and feeds us lies and we let them get away with it. The petty thief gets thrown in jail while the political robbers remain scot free and given liberty to continue looting.

5. Coffin for Head of State (1981)

This song also condemns politicians. Here, he speaks about the corruption that abounds in religion, especially by hypocritical leaders like Obasanjo and Yar’adua. These leaders were the most corrupt people in the world, killing and stealing from innocent people, yet they openly condemn such activities and hide behind Christianity and Islam.

Today, we still see a great deal of corruption and hypocrisy in the guise of leadersgip and religion. Our leaders are still stealing from us, but yet are the quickest to attend church programs and quote bible verses.

6. Beasts Of No Nation (1989)

This song talks about the many unusual happenings in the country and how the citizens all behave like crazy people. It touches political, economic, social matters and talks about the silence of the Nigeria people against government oppression and brutality while speaking up against apathy in foreign nations like South Africa. According to him, these could only happen in a crazy world.

This song remains relevant today as the same hypocrisy and silence in the face of government injustice is still the order of the day in our beloved country and continent as a whole.

7. Yellow Fever (1971)

In this song, Fela warns about the dangers of skin bleaching that was becoming a trend for women. He lists the many unappealing aspects of bleaching and tells women that they were better off leaving their skin in its natural form.

Today, bleaching has become even more rampant than in the times of Fela. According to the World Health Organization, Nigeria has the highest number of women in the world who use skin-lightening products.

8. Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense (1980)

This song highlights the fact that the white man seems to be living our lives for us, while they make their own decisions based on their culture and tradition. The white man, instead of condemning the bad leadership that goes on here, overlooks them while doing the exact opposite in their own countries.

He condemns the so-called democracy and begs Africans to open their eyes and realize that they are being misled and stolen from.

Today, instead of drawing away from the chains of colonialism, we still rely on foreign countries to help us make some of our major decisions and try to imitate every aspect of their lives, forgetting our cultures and traditions in the process.

9. Colonial Mentality (1977)

He speaks about the fact that Africans have colonial mentality and still live in the past despite having gained independence. They embrace everything foreign and believe theirs to be inferior, from basic things like food and clothes down to their names and religious practices.

This song is still very relevant today, as Africans in general would rather purchase foreign made products and would use foreign names instead of their traditional ones.

10. Confusion Break Bone (1990)

This song talks about the confusion that abides in the country and the lack or proper organisation. His tone here sounds sadder and more resigned to the fact that things might never get better for the country. He highlights all the problems he had mentioned in his earlier songs and says that nothing has changed and wonders at the insanity of things.

Nothing has changed today. The country is still in a permanent state of disorderliness and disunity. The government still gets away with being corrupt and unjust, and the innocent man still gets punished for crimes committed by wealthier citizens.

WHY ADAMS OSHIOMOLE WAS PERSONALLY ATTACKING ME - NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA

“Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous”.

So he, Oshiomole applied for a N15.37billion loan (Eco bank and Fidelity bank) on December 9, 2014 via the Debt management office that the Jonathan administration gave power to review and control borrowing by state governors.

18 months before his handing over to another Governor?

After review, it was found that the loan will increase Edo's indebtedness by 38% and unsustainable at 18% interest rate. He was advised to either drop the idea or reduce toa more manageable N5billion.

Not happy with the advice, he went to NOI 's office for further discussion. He told NOI Edo state was expecting a world bank budget support loan that got delayed. He wanted to take loan from local banks and then repay with world bank loan.

NOI told him World bank will never allow you pay another loan with its loan. And that she thinks it is better for EDO STATE not to borrow from local banks at 18% interest rate and 23 month tenure when in a matter of months you'll be getting loan from world bank at 5 years grace period, 25 years tenure and 1.25%.

But of course you know he needs the money more than Edo state. If you get to know what most of these rogues do to the future of their states behind closed doors, you'll want to cry.

"The governor insisted that he needed the loan and that was why he visoted me personally. When I told him that professionally, I had no grounds to go against the Debt management office recommendation, the governor took it personally and left my office displeased"...NOI.

"Then began a series of headline-grabbing attacks spear-headed by Gov Adams Oshiomole against me and federal government, which escalated when I left office in 2015." - Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala - Chidi Cali

Beautiful quotes from Imam Ali, from the Peak of Eloquence book!

1. Hate no one, no matter how much they've wronged you. Live humbly, no matter how wealthy you become. Think positively, no matter how hard life is. Give much, even if you've been given little. Keep in touch with the ones who have forgotten you, forgive who has wronged you, and pray for the best for those you love. 

2. Awaken your heart to kindness and mercy for the people and love and tenderness for them, because people fall into two categories: they are either your brothers/ sisters in faith or your equals in humanity.

3. Never look down on someone unless you’re helping them up.

4. The nourishment of the body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.

5. Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hands that crushes it.

6. Speak only when your words are more beautiful than silence.

7. If the eyes of a female cry over a man that oppressed her, Angels will curse him with every step he walks.  

8. Do not use the sharpness of your speech on the mothers who taught you how to speak.

9. A moment of patience in a moment of anger prevents a thousand moments of regret.

10. Life consists of two days, one for you one against you. So when it's for you don't be proud or reckless, and when it's against you be patient, for both days are test for you.

11. The best deed of a great man is to forgive and forget.

12. Live amongst people in such a manner that if you die they weep over you and if you are alive they crave for your company.

Book of Nahjul Balagha: Peak of Eloquence!

Culled from WhatsApp by Ike Onwubuya 

17 Words of Elders

1. “Beware of the naked person who offers you clothes!

2. “When one’s goat get missing, the aroma of a neighbor’s soup get suspicious”.

3. “The future belongs to the Risk takers, Not the Comfort seekers!"

4. “A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple!"

5. “The first person you think of in the morning, or last person you think of at night, is either the cause of your happiness or your pain!"

6. “Be careful who you trust! Salt and Sugar are both white!"

7. “Kindness is like butter, it works best when you spread it around!"

8. “The walls don’t only have ears, they now see!"

9. “Sometimes, you have to play the role of a fool to fool the fools who thinks they are fooling you!"

10. “If you have a mom, there is nowhere you are likely to go where her prayer has not already been!"

11. “A harsh man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful, when her lips are closed!"

12. “No matter how long the night, the day is sure to come!"

13. “A woman’s greatest perfume is the fragrance of her man’s success, so also man !"

14. “A wise person knows that there is something to be learned from everyone!"

15. “It requires wisdom to understand wisdom".

16. The music is nothing, if the audience are deaf”!

17. “None of us is as smart as all of us. Let's work together to achieve!!!

Culled from whatsapp by Ike Onwubuya 

10 tips on how to remain poor

*TIPS ON HOW TO REMAIN POOR* (Prof. Makau)

*1. _Never wake up early._* Keep stretching and turning in bed until you get too hungry to continue dozing. If there are no bed bugs, why hurry to get up? 

*2. _Never plan how to spend your money._* Whenever you get money, start spending it right away and when it's finished, you try to count and recall how you spent it. 

*3. _Don't think of saving until you have real big money._* How can you save when you earn so little? Those telling you to save are not sympathetic to your burning needs. 

*4. _Don't engage in activities usually reserved for the "uneducated"._* How can you, a graduate, engage in petty trade, network marketing or home-based production? That's for people who never went to school! 

*5. _Don't think of starting a business until an angel comes from heaven and gives you capital._* How do they expect you to invest before you get millions? Even though more than half the businesses in your town were started with little capital, you as a smart person can only start with millions. 

*6. _Complain about everything except your own attitude and laziness._* Blame the system, the government and the banks that refused to lend you money. They are all bad and do not want you to get rich. 

*7. _Spend more than you earn._* To achieve this, buy consumer products on credit and keep borrowing from friends and employers. 

*8. _Compete in dressing._* Make sure you're wearing the latest clothes. Intimidate the congregation with your trendy fashions everyday. Whenever your neighbour buys a new phone, you get one that is more expensive. 

*9. _Get yourself a nice second hand car_* that costs more than three times your yearly salary. 

*10. _Give your children everything they ask for since you're such a loving parent._* They should not struggle for anything because you do not want them to suffer that way, they will grow up lazy and hence poor enough to ensure they can't help you at old age.

Culled from whatsapp by Ike Onwubuya 

Times of Life

● At age of 40 years, "highly educated" and  "less educated" are the same. (Less educated people may even earn more money) 

● At 50 years, "beauty" and "ugly" are the same. (No matter how pretty you are, at this age, wrinkles, dark spots, etc. can no more be hidden.) 

● At 60 years, "high position" and "low position" are the same. (After retirement, even a peon will avoid looking at his boss)

● At 70 years, "big house" and "small house" are the same. (Joints degeneration, hard to move, only require a little space to sit  .)

● At 80 years, "have money" and "no money" are the same. (Even when you want to spend money, you don't know where to spend) 

● At 90 years, "Sleeping" and "waking up" are the same. (After you wake up, you still don't know what to do) 

Take life easy, there are no mysteries to be solved.  

In the long run, we'll all be the same. 

So forget all tensions of life & enjoy. 

Culled from whatsapp by Ike Onwubuya