Gladbach, Germany – Na here e go sweet pass any football padi! This Tuesday, 2nd December, Borussia Mönchengladbach go take on FC St. Pauli for that DFB-Pokal Achtelfinale wey everybody dey yan about. Football no be beans oh! This one be real football jollof!
As dem dey roll out for the competition, Gladbach don show say dem no wan play. Dem dey stand proud with three wins under dem belt, don dey eye that prestigious trophy wey dem last win since 1995 (na wah! Na long time o!). If dem fit grab four wins, dem go carry that ‘Pott’ go house again. Wetin make am sweeter? Dem last win come from dem chop Wolfsburg like fufu!
Last week, BILD don hold proper online voting wey shine light on wetin Gladbach fans dey feel for their club. 21,000 fans don vote, and e clear say dem sabi wetin dem want. You fit imagine say, 21 percent of dem believe say Borussia go carry the competition go win, na serious confidence o! (Even if some of us still dey wonder if dem sabi play past time.)
But dem no just dey dream. Some people still believe say dem go make am to the final but no win am, na only 7 percent give that vote. E mean say dem don plan to chill for Berlin to see wetin go happen. Make dem sharpen their eye, e fit be movie!
Another 24 percent of fans dey expect at least two wins, but na stop for semi-finals dem go land. Omo, e no too dey optimistic but at least dem wan see some action before dem come out. As per dem, dem go chop semi-final pounded yam but no more!
The most zealous fans? Na the 35 percent wey don tag the quarter-finals as the end of the road – like say na only dem go sabi pain! (Last time, na Saarbrücken come show dem pepper! Omo, e no too sweet for dem.) Dem dey say, “Quarter-final na where our dream go die!”
Baba God! Even get 13 percent wey dey even dey fear say dem go lose to St. Pauli this Tuesday. Na joke? E be like say dem no fit forget how St. Pauli dey run dem for Millerntor just one month ago. Wetin dem sabi do na to use their head for ball o, no dey underestimate anybody for this game, my people.
So, make we keep our fingers crossed as Borussia go fight to maintain dem shining glory for the DFB-Pokal. No be only palm wine and gist we dey this life; sometimes we fit collect joy from football! Let’s see wetin dem fit do!
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