Mek we yan about wetin dey happen for AFCON oo! E don really turn to gbas gbos for Rabat now. Patrice Motsepe, wey dey run CAF, don drop bombshell say AFCON go dey hold every four years after 2028. You fit believe am? Chai! Na serious matter!
For the opening ceremony, Motsepe no hide mouth as e talk say dis decision dey controversial. Some people gree say na ambush o, dem believe say CAF just wan use all this AFCON palava take cover so that pipo go forget wetin dey happen. Hmmm, na wa oo!
But you sabi say, this Motsepe no be just any how man. Na him na first Black billionaire wey don enter football world, and na lawyer wey sabi wetin him dey do. E don waka from failure to success, no be small. Wetin e go do next? We dey watch eagerly!
Some dey talk say FIFA don push this change on top Africa, but Motsepe come clear am say na im decision be this. ‘We go do everything wey go benefit our pipo, we dey look long term,’ na wetin him talk for press conference. Na true talk o, because Africa don dey vex say UEFA and FIFA dey use dem anyhow!
Meanwhile, the matter don hot for the Cameroon camp too. Samuel Eto'o, the president of their football body, don collect four-game suspension because of how e behave during dem match wey dem lose to Morocco. Wetin you expect? Dem say he dey gesture like person wey don chop hot pepper!
FECAFOOT, dem governance body, don raise eyebrow say the punishment no clear and dem dey suspect say di process no fair. But na wetin we dey expect for dis kind game, right? Drama full ground!
Motsepe don solidify CAF, but di money matter still dey important as dem don finally report say dis season go bring dem first profit in years, $9.48 million! Na wah! All dis wahala fit dey for dem head, but dem dey sabi wetin dem dey do. Na football we love!
We go continue dey chop dis gist as e dey unfold, because na only dey plan dey change, but football don remain the heartbeat of Africa! Make we dey report on top for di celebration of wonderful talents as dem dey shine for dis tournament!
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