Keshi Explains Why He Dropped Mba From 23-Man Squad

The coach has the final say on who goes and he has made his selection, i really hope he selected the best team. The list, which was made public on Monday, sparked a lot of controversies among the Nigerian football fans. Many lamented that Mba, who played key role in winning 2013 AFCON in South Africa, was dropped.

Speaking with Fifa.com Keshi attributed his decision to Mba not being hardworking enough ahead of the upcoming tournament."His lateness to camp contributed (to his missing out) but outside that he did not show the hunger, the fight, we expected from him. We have only two and half weeks to prepare for the World Cup and he was not giving us what we wanted. He was very relaxed and it was unlike him.

Meanwhile Sunday reacting to his absence in the list made no disguise of his feelings and took to Twitter to express his disappointment saying:

 "Gutted to not make the 23 man team to the World Cup. Really wanted to fight & sweat for the glory of the team nd my beloved country."

According to Premium Times, Mba's days in the World Cup squad were counted after he had been late for the London camp ahead of the friendly against Scotland. It would be recalled that because of problems with travel documents the player was forced to return to France to make the necessary arrangements and only after that he reconnected with the team.

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Story Of The Year!!! Wished Someone Did This For The Victims Of Aluu4 (MUST READ)

In 1996, something pretty amazing happened in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Please read the story and be blown away. It is a story of courage and kindness that is still inspiring people 16 years later. Wish something similar had happened during Aluu4 attack. Read story below:

17 Knights of White Supremacist Organization, the Ku Klux Klan, held a rally on the second floor of a City Hall in Ann Arbor, Michigan on June 22, 1996, fully clothed in hate robes. And just outside in the street were 300 angry anti-KKK protesters who wanted the KKK to know they weren’t welcome. In the midst of the protestors, majority black, someone spotted a middle-aged white man wearing a Confederate t-shirt. Through his clothes and “SS” tattoo, it appeared that he was a white supremacist though he was not a member of the Klan. Once his presence was made known, the angry protesters chased him down and began to beat him in the streets, with one yelling “Kill the Nazi”.

The man is seen running from the protesters in this gripping photo. Just over his shoulder in the USA shirt is Keshia Thomas.

Among those protesters was an 18 year old high school girl named Keshia Thomas. That’s when things went from violent to a kind of heroism that will give you goosebumps.

While there were policeman with gas masks and riot gear protecting the Klansman who wore full garb on the other side of the fence, there was no one protecting the man who chose to stand on the same side as the protestors to observe, while he wore a symbol that represented racism on his shirt.

The mob caught up with him, surrounded him, and proceeded to kick him and beat him.

That’s when Keshia had enough.

She covered his body with her own, screaming for the mob to stop beating him

They listened and, in tears, she held the racist man in her arms. The man that hated her for the colour of her skin, and nothing else.

This is the photo that the whole world was talking about in 1996. And we should be talking about it today too. Keshia’s actions are inspiring.

Days after this took place, when asked about her actions, Keshia said, “I knew what it was like to be hurt. The many times that that happened, I wish someone would have stood up for me. Nobody deserves to be hurt, especially not for an idea.”

Keshia never heard from the man after that day, but she said months later, someone walked up to her in a coffee shop and said thanks. When she asked why, he said the man she saved was his father.

Everyone needs to be a little more like Keshia. Please share this story with others. It would have taken just one courageous person to fight for the innocent Aluu4 victims but in a country where nobody cares for the next person, these boys died along with their innocence but i believe someday lessons from their death will stir great boldness in us.

Source: BBC.co.uk 

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