{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Mathematical 7","provider_url":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7","title":"Cameroon and Nigeria in Dance of Death - Mathematical 7","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"WGxkdZJd2U\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/cameroon-and-nigeria-in-dance-of-death\/\">Cameroon and Nigeria in Dance of Death<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/cameroon-and-nigeria-in-dance-of-death\/embed\/#?secret=WGxkdZJd2U\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Cameroon and Nigeria in Dance of Death&#8221; &#8212; Mathematical 7\" data-secret=\"WGxkdZJd2U\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!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);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/nigeriaVcameroon_2.jpg","thumbnail_width":299,"thumbnail_height":168,"description":"I am struggling to write this on Thursday night.\u2018Under normal temperature and pressure\u2019, as we used to say in physics class in those days, I should be commenting on the Super Eagles and their prospects in the very crucial first leg group qualification match for the 2018 World Cup against their fierce African rivals, the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon. By the time you are reading this, the match would have taken place on Friday \u2013 won and lost. So, the only thing I can do now is making a comment in anticipation of my expectations of what could happen. In short, play \u2018prophet\u2019! That poses a serious challenge. I am thinking. Nigeria never plays matches on Fridays. International matches are usually played either on a Saturday or a Sunday, that\u2019s the tradition. A weekday match of this magnitude is uncommon. To play two such matches, back to back, on two weekdays within a period of four days, is unheard of. But that\u2019s the situation here, Nigeria and Cameroon will settle their scores as to who represents their group in Russia in 2018 in two matches to be played in both countries on Friday and next Monday, the 4th of September. To compound the unusualness of the dates, the duo of the matches represent, probably, the most crucial between the two countries that will determine their fate in the World Cup qualifiers for different reasons. For the Cameroons, they have to win the match in Nigeria, period. Anything short of that means they can count themselves out of the race for the World Cup. That challenge is, therefore, daunting considering that Cameroon has never beaten Nigeria on home soil in a competitive match. What makes them think it can be done time around? Without question, the Cameroonians can see the faint outlines of the possibility of defeating Nigeria because the country\u2019s national football team, the Super Eagles, have never been this vulnerable and this weak. They are so weak they lost scandalously to South Africa, a team that had never beaten them in a competitive match played anywhere in the world in 24 years of competitive matches between them. The Bafana Bafana did the \u2018impossible\u2019 by defeating the Eagles on home soil in a manner (so easily, by 2 goals un-replied goals). That definitely created Cameroon\u2019s current impetus to dare to dream that they too can achieve a similar feat and defeat Nigeria at home! By the time you are reading this, that whole thought process would either have been \u2018killed\u2019 with Nigeria\u2019s victory (or even a draw) over Cameroon, or fanned by Nigeria\u2019s defeat. For the first time in a long time, I am speechless. I cannot even vouch for the Super Eagles as they take on their perennial rivals who seem to be better prepared for the two matches as a result of having played many more competitive matches than the Eagles en route this series of matches."}