1.0Mathematical 7https://mathematical7.com/m7rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="H0Ci7kvBuE"><a href="https://mathematical7.com/m7/afcon-2019-daily-diary-day-2/">AFCON 2019 Daily Diary – Day 2</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://mathematical7.com/m7/afcon-2019-daily-diary-day-2/embed/#?secret=H0Ci7kvBuE" width="600" height="338" title="“AFCON 2019 Daily Diary – Day 2” — Mathematical 7" data-secret="H0Ci7kvBuE" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://mathematical7.com/m7/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://mathematical7.com/m7/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/AFCON_2019_Mascot_2.jpg701651This is President Muhammadu Buhari’s day at AFCON 2019.  The President spoke directly to the Super Eagles ahead of their match against Burundi yesterday.  The NFF President Amaju Pinnick made sure that happened.  It was a masterstroke. It took place in the team’s hotel shortly before the players set out for the stadium in Alexandria.  President Buhari gave a ‘team talk’ that was magical.  It lifted the team’s spirit tremendously and doused any unwanted ‘fire’ that could have been smouldering beneath the seeming quiet of the camp.  The President assured the players that all their financial entitlements promised them, would be paid. That’s the only ‘language’ players speak and understand clearly.  With the nature of the President that all Nigerians know, when he makes a promise, you can go to sleep that his word will become his bond.  Probably, that may explain the calmness of the team even when things did not appear to be going so well during the first half of the match.  They needed a win to break the jinx of not winning their opening matches in more recent AFCON championships.  They should have panicked, yet, the team remained as cool as cucumber.  The Eagles were not playing brilliantly but they had the match under their control.  It was a matter of time before they would have a breakthrough.  It came in the last 20 minutes. Some substitutions were made.  More tested attackers were introduced.  The creativity and pace of the match increased with Eagles probing calmly and confidently.  When the only goal of the match came, it was a beauty, stylishly created and perfectly executed with clinical finesse.  Then the game was over.  The Eagles did enough to win and happily returned to their hotel rooms in very high spirit, to watch their next two opponents, Guinea and Madagascar, do battle.