Imagine as a child having no shoes to your name and football boots belonged in a dream world. When you play football outside your house, you played naked because you had no clothes.
Imagine further that in your village in Africa, there was sometimes no electricity for days or even weeks and so you could not watch your favourite team to learn vital skills from them.
How do you rise above this station in life to have two football clubs in London England, Chelsea and Manchester United, wanting you to play for them?
John Mikel Obi (Nigeria) knows just how. Let's listen in on him on the link below:
The Players' Tribune/articles/Nigeria is Not Here to Have Fun by John Mikel Obi --->
Get the latest news and statistics on the 2018 World Cup below:
FIFA World Cup 2018 news ----->
Messi please give the boy a chance.
Good luck to Nigeria in the game today.
Imagine further that in your village in Africa, there was sometimes no electricity for days or even weeks and so you could not watch your favourite team to learn vital skills from them.
How do you rise above this station in life to have two football clubs in London England, Chelsea and Manchester United, wanting you to play for them?
John Mikel Obi (Nigeria) knows just how. Let's listen in on him on the link below:
The Players' Tribune/articles/Nigeria is Not Here to Have Fun by John Mikel Obi --->
Get the latest news and statistics on the 2018 World Cup below:
FIFA World Cup 2018 news ----->
Messi please give the boy a chance.
Good luck to Nigeria in the game today.