{"id":1605,"date":"2019-05-08T16:56:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T15:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/?p=1605"},"modified":"2019-07-10T21:52:33","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T20:52:33","slug":"afcon-2019-daily-diary-day-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/afcon-2019-daily-diary-day-17\/","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2019 Daily Diary – Day 17"},"content":{"rendered":"
It is Monday morning, the\u00a0Super Eagles\u00a0<\/i><\/b>are preparing to head to Cairo.\u00a0 The team\u2019s itinerary is to travel to Cairo this morning, settle down in their new base, and train this evening.\u00a0\u00a0It is not clear if the team will be flying to Cairo, or travelling by road through the 250 Kilometres that takes almost 3 hours by coach.\u00a0\u00a0Beyond that Gernot Rohr will follow the pattern of preparation that worked for the Eagles against Cameroon \u2013 keep the players away from distractions, provoke their psyche, make sure they have their financial entitlements, and maintain their focus till the moment of the match.\u00a0\u00a0That\u2019s what seemed to have worked in the match against Cameroon. There is absolutely no sense in changing a working formula.<\/div>\n
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So, yesterday, Gernot gave the team some time off to recover from the knocks and bruises sustained during the Cameroon match, plus the hang-over from the celebrations that followed.\u00a0\u00a0Sunday was a very quiet day.\u00a0\u00a0They had a very light training session in the morning. They lounged freely for the rest of the day around the hotel. A few of them attended to the media hanging around the team that they believe could be possible winners of the Championship in the absence of defending champions, Cameroon, hosts, Egypt, and a few other previous pretenders.\u00a0 \u00a0Incidentally, one team that has managed to avoid a lot of attention but is solidly on ground with their sterling performances are Algeria.\u00a0\u00a0They have not dropped a single point, have not lost any match and are playing some of the best football so far in the championship. With Egypt out of the way, and Arab solidarity definitely impacting on the rest of the championship, their chances seem brighter now than ever.\u00a0\u00a0The most dangerous team to Nigeria\u2019s ambition are their next opponents – Bafana Bafana. They have a big psychological advantage over the Eagles with their recent dominance of the matches between them.\u00a0\u00a0They even inflicted a very painful defeat of the Super Eagles on home soil in Uyo, to make matters worse.\u00a0\u00a0So, with their confidence level soaring high, and their natural ability to run endlessly without tiring, coming from the high altitude of South Africa, plus their defeat against all the odds of the host nation, Egypt, their confidence level has justification for soaring.<\/div>\n
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They surely are a very dangerous opponent for Nigeria now.\u00a0 Gernot Rohr and the team know this too.\u00a0That\u2019s why, yesterday, the\u00a0Super Eagles\u00a0<\/i><\/b>and the technical crew met behind closed doors and discussed the importance of the South African match.\u00a0\u00a0The team goes to Cairo this afternoon to train their eyes firmly on that match. There will be a training session later this evening.\u00a0\u00a0The Fly on the Wall\u00a0<\/i><\/b>has found a new habitat in Cairo and will start doing its job as soon as the team arrives. Watch out on this platform.<\/div>\n

By the way, the last time I visited Cairo, I was a member of the Players Committee of CAF.\u00a0 Egypt and the surrounding environment always held a fascination for me \u2013 the Pharaoh\u2019s, the River Nile, The Pyramids, The Sphinx, The Red Sea, sand dunes, etc.\u00a0\u00a0When I departed, Egypt Air flew out of Cairo in the afternoon.\u00a0\u00a0On the flight, I sat by the window seat.\u00a0\u00a0After we took off I looked out of the window.\u00a0 For almost two hours after that, I could not look away, as my eyes were riveted to the awesome scenes below. I captured the experience in words that I published then in my newspaper column. This morning, the piece popped up on my Facebook page as a memory.\u00a0 In my world, that interprets as a prodding to put it up again, so that those that did not read it then can do so now.\u00a0 It makes an interesting read trust me.<\/p>\n

But to do so and enjoy it, \u00a0you must view it in my new and expanding website\u00a0www.mathematical7.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The piece of literature titled \u2018The Frozen Sands of the Sahara Desert\u201d\u00a0<\/i><\/b>will be uploaded today.\u00a0 Don\u2019t miss it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is Monday morning, the\u00a0Super Eagles\u00a0are preparing to head to Cairo.\u00a0 The team\u2019s itinerary is to travel to Cairo this morning, settle down in their new base, and train this evening.\u00a0\u00a0It is not clear if the team will be flying to Cairo, or travelling by road through the 250 Kilometres that takes almost 3 hours by coach.\u00a0\u00a0Beyond that Gernot Rohr will follow the pattern of preparation that worked for the Eagles against Cameroon \u2013 keep the players away from distractions, provoke their psyche, make sure they have their financial entitlements, and maintain their focus till the moment of the match.\u00a0\u00a0That\u2019s what seemed to have worked in the match against Cameroon. There is absolutely no sense in changing a working formula<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-afcon-2019-daily-diary","category-featured"],"gutentor_comment":0,"yoast_head":"\nAFCON 2019 Daily Diary - Day 17 - Mathematical 7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/afcon-2019-daily-diary-day-17\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AFCON 2019 Daily Diary - Day 17 - Mathematical 7\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It is Monday morning, the\u00a0Super Eagles\u00a0are preparing to head to Cairo.\u00a0 The team\u2019s itinerary is to travel to Cairo this morning, settle down in their new base, and train this evening.\u00a0\u00a0It is not clear if the team will be flying to Cairo, or travelling by road through the 250 Kilometres that takes almost 3 hours by coach.\u00a0\u00a0Beyond that Gernot Rohr will follow the pattern of preparation that worked for the Eagles against Cameroon \u2013 keep the players away from distractions, provoke their psyche, make sure they have their financial entitlements, and maintain their focus till the moment of the match.\u00a0\u00a0That\u2019s what seemed to have worked in the match against Cameroon. 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