The thought of having the entire African continent under a single government, a 'dream' nursed by the Late Mammar Ghadafi of Libya, that African countries come together ruled by a central government wherein a single currency (as with the Euro) will be used; whilst also encouraging a shared commonwealth of resources -seem a grand plan, but needs no soothsayer to know it's failure before fully hatched. A sample of this failed experiment in Africa is the separation of Northern and Southern Sudan. The federation of Nigeria is threatened by this seemingly ugly farce amalgamation of totally different cultural beliefs and religious background.
Watching the United Kingdom Football team at the last Olympics in London dates our minds into a fantasy of what would have been if players like Kenny Dalgish, Ian Rush of the Liverpool 1980s fame were to combine their skills with Gary Linekar and John Barnes in the World Cup. To the present times of Aaron Ramsey and Gareth Bale in the same line-up as the current young budding stars in the England set-up.
The performances of African teams in Brazil, still sparks the flame of errors of the past years. The mistrust between players and administration over bonuses got even more notorious, giving way to a more sophisticated accusations(?!) of match-fixing. The soccer talents has been on decline on the African continent, with the last of the golden generation of Cote D'ivore going almost into retirement without achieving together as a team. Cote Divore failed Africa, they were the HOPE, the Spain of Africa. The only bright spot for the African contingent has been the performance and tenacity of the Algerian team (sorry Nigeria).
OK then, how about maximizing the potentials of the tit-bits that make up the five representatives from Africa. The players will be happy to do business with FIFA directly over their bonuses. No Maigari, Bwalya, Nyantakyi or Uncle Hayatou to 'safeguard' bonuses...How about having Enyeama(Nigeria) in goal, with Omeruo (Nigeria), Nkoulou (Cameroon), Halliche (Algeria) in the DEFENSE. Asamoah (Ghana) and Serge Aurier as WINGBACKS. Onazi (Nigeria), Feghouli (Algerie) and Yaya Toure holding fort in MIDFIELD. Emenike (Nigeria), Gyan (Ghana), and Slimani(Algerie) making up the attack. The pace of Ahmed Musa and Gervinho would have stretched opponents in the second half, the experiences of Odemwingie and Drogba on the bench would add depth to this fantasy team. Coached by who? the very pragmatic Jose Mourinho. This is the team ... Africa let's give it a GO.
