Tomorrow is D-Day, well for two reasons. It's the end of our season (we play Durham University) and it is the African Nations Cup Final. Unfortunately a lot has happened between my last post on The Nations Cup and Now...my fall-back nation: Ghana was beaten by our Francophone friends: Cameroon, and our other French Speaking pals: Cote d'Ivoire were humiliated by Egyptians...humiliated!! The Elephants were hunted and dismembered by the ruthless Pharoahs.
My Dad has commented on my seemingly ever changing alliance, something I was proud of, till Ghana went and fumbled against Cameroon.
My allegiance works in steps:
1-Blood
2-Cultural proximity to Nigeria
3-Geographical proximity to Nigeria
4-Colour and style of Jersey
So, me being Nigerian, I started off with the first step: Blood. I have Nigerian blood, so I supported them..Nigeria then faced Ghana, the latter has also supplied me with red blood cells...so I was open to all results. Ghana happened to win, I was still on Step 1.
Ghana then faced Cameroon (I had said that if Cameroon won, I will support Ivory Coast, this seems like a violation of the steps, as Cameroon is both culturally and geographically closer to Nigeria, however the rivalry between the two nations is intense, so I have to go with the next best: Ivory Coast)
In a twist of fate, my Co-Homeland Ghana lost, and my back-up homeland Ivory Coast were as earlier indicated: kicked out in an embarrasing fashion.
The final is now between Cameroon and Egypt. Now you might say I should support Eygpt, being that Nigeria and Cameroon are great rivals, so I should wish harm on the enemy, however, the strength of Steps 2 & 3 are enough to erode the rivalry, also taking into account how bad Egypt fares in terms of Cultural and Geographical proximity.
So there you have it, I will be supporting the Indomitable Lions come Sunday, I hope they bring pain to the Pharoahs, the same way Moses did a couple thousand years back.
P.S. If I was from Bakassi, all this would be much easier
