Yesterday I went to see Niger and Ghana play for their second meeting for the African Nations Championship (CHAN). This tournament is being used to showcase new local talent. No players that play on foreign soil are allowed to represent their country.
I was amazed at the hostility the fans showed for Niger's coach and the praise they had for Ghana's coach. Niger's coach had to be escorted by security forces when moving about. The pictures I took don't really show much but there were many bags of water and plastic bottles being thrown down from the stands. When he exited the field, people ran around the stadium to get a better angle to taunt and throw. I was impressed with their effort.
Niger lost 1-2 and combined with the 0-2 loss received when they traveled to Ghana two weeks ago, they are not in a good position to continue in the tournament.
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Your April Fools Joke got me pretty pumped up, when you became the mayor I was going to move over there and take on the role of the ship's scientist. Too bad. I don't think anyone reading this will get that joke at all.. O well.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear the updates though, for the record I probably mention "My friend William who is in the Peace Corp, stationed in Africa..", pretty much everyday.
Be safe buddy, and keep an eye out for ninjas, they have swords.
Matt Reynolds
You wouldn't even believe the amount of ninjas here. There's probably as many as... well, there's gotta be at least one. As for that scientist position opening. It's yours.
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