My people, if you no hear wetin happen for AFCON 2025 final, you don miss plenty! Na serious wah wey show say African football still get level. At the end of the day, Senegal carry the trophy but wetin happen for the match no be small, e get as e be!
As the match dey enter final minutes, Morocco collect penalty wey dem no expect, and Senegaleseka waka comot for the pitch in anger! Why? Because dem feel say referee don do over sabi. The penalty miss wey come after that drama just make the issue hotter, as Brahim Diaz try do Panenka but e fall for the keeper hand. Coach Walid Regragui don talk say wetin happen na shameful, and e fit lead to serious action from CAF, but dem still dey keep us in suspense!
But no be all about drama o! E go shock you say this year AFCON na one of the better organized ones wey we don see. Total of 121 goals don enter net! Morocco show say dem sabi build stadium. Dem don throw money enter infrastructure bad, and everybody dey talk say the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium na A-class material. King Mohammed VI don put money wey dey shine like diamond for the place, sabi say na him make this possible.
Media people from East Africa dey vex say Morocco don set new standard for how to organize tournament. Kenyan Football Federation boss na him talk say progress dey possible for them if dem fit pattern after Morocco. No be lie o, if dem fit replicate this kind level, e go sweet die! But dem still dey work on their plan for AFCON 2027.
Listen to this, as CAF dey collect money, dem dey raking plenty revenue. Ticket money jump from $11m in 2023 to $55m dis year! Na wah o, and sponsors don increase too. If you ask me, CAF dey try get am right, but when dem switch AFCON from every two years to four years from 2028, many go dey question wetin carry this decision come. Morocco dey stand strong as the next African football headquarters, as Asisat Oshoala don call them new headquarters for African football, but na only time go show if others go fit follow dem.
But no be everything bright for AFCON 2025. Officiating soft like wetin dem call jollof rice last night! Referee Ndala try hold everywhere down well until that penalty wahala show up. And den we hear say fan security no dey on point, as Senegaleseka fans run into wahala outside stadium, na serious matter wey turn many eyes to how to improve crowd control.
CAF also need to check their discipline matter, because players dey enter semi-final on yellow card edge. Imagine say players like Koulibaly and Diarra miss final because of booking—na wah! Instead of drawing lots, dem suppose consider using fair-play rankings to decide, make e no dey look scatter like this.
All these things go come together when we look at the AFCON 2025 as a whole, and e show say we get plenty work to do to make our games better. But the show must go on, my people, as the future dey bright for African football!
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