U17 World Cup in Nigeria

Last night the Nigeria beat España 3-1 to progress to the final but there has been lots of discussion here over the last few weeks about the team.


Firstly in August after going through MRI scans to determine the ages of the players 15 members of the squad had to be dropped for being too old which was almost half the squad. There are currently still arguments that the team captain Taiwo Ogunjobi is actually 25 years old. Nigeria Insist U17 Skipper Is Not An Age Cheat Considering we have been banned in the past for this anything is possible. 


As the host nation of the tournament you can expect additional scrutiny from FIFA and the world but i read the paper this hasn't stopped millions of pounds being misappropriated, Also FIFA complained about lackluster attendances for the matches in the first week this was solved by the state governors where matches are played buying all spare tickets and giving them away so there would be full stadias.      


On TV they had the match live on four channels 3 terrestrial & 1 cable channel. The terrestrial versions were borrowed (stolen) from the cable broadcaster as you could still hear the English accent of the commentator and the Nigerian commentators spoke above him. 1 of the channels had the score and time with no commentator the other 2 had commentators but to graphics for the score  and time. The picture quality on the Nigerian channels we terrible to say the least the best picture was on the cable channel but they lost transmission for about 20 mins in the second half. 


But things got even funnier towards the end of the match during injury time suddenly the lights went out due to a power cut and the ref had to blow a couple of minutes early. When back in the studio discussing the game the guys were talking about Nigeria's opponents in the final the Swiss. The anchor said " We are playing the nazis in the final sorry you can call them the little nazis. 


As you can tell life in Niaja is definitely Fantabulos