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10 life lessons I’ve learnt being a football fan.

Create your own luck

Ask Cristiano Ronaldo and other competent strikers.

Maybe we all feel luck is when something happens by chance. But I feel we should re define it to “when opportunity(Chance) meets preparation”

We are so fond of insulting Ronaldo for scoring one touch goals(Tap in as we might call it). But seeing it in another way, this guy places him self in the right position, at the right time, with the right skill. Imagine if one of those is missing, we definitely won’t place him among the greats.

It’s very important as humans to get the right skill sets so when opportunity comes, we can grab them and call ourselves lucky.

life lesson from football: Have good friends

Have good friends

Ask Messi and Suarez, Ronaldo and Marcelo

Remember when Suarez gave Messi a hattrick of assists in a single match just to help him win another golden boot?

Remember when Marcelo assisted Ronaldo to score a tap in just to have his hat trick against Bayern Munich?

Having good friends can be the difference between a miserable life and a happy one(I’m a living example). Good friends will go out of their way to make you happy and see you win.

It gives you reasons to live, love life, create memories…. The beauty of good friendship cannot be contained in this post.

Being a loner is not really fun. Find someone to share your life with. If you don’t have at least one good friend, I’m advising you to start searching. It is really nice to see our “I” turn into “we”.

Favorites don’t always end up winning

Ask Champions League

How many times in the champions league have we predicted the winners and ended up being wrong?

Big teams get thrown out by small ones, at times experiencing shocking defeats. Although this happens in various leagues too, but Champions League exits makes the headlines.

Relating this to real life, we can see that it isn’t all that stupid going against the greats. Have you come to take note of something, the greatest people in the world aren’t always the ones that inherit wealth from their parents, or the ones with the most certificates.

At times the odds are stacked against you. If you have a great idea, it’s always worth a try.

life lessons from football: Money isn't everything

Money isn’t everything

Ask PSG and Manchester United

These two amongst other clubs have spent a lot of money to purchase the first players in the world, and still nothing to show for it.

Money is very important, and very much needed. But money won’t solve all your problems, and most importantly, money won’t make you happy unless you’re poor.

Imagine how much good a million will do for someone who doesn’t have anything to eat. Then imagine someone who has three square meals every day, clothes to wear, and a place to live. A million naira will only help you buy material things, and these things don’t give happiness.

Think about a phone, a shirt, or something else you bought a while ago. Does it still freak you out today like it did back then?

Regardless, don’t underestimate the power of financial independence. But always have it at the back of your mind that happiness isn’t in money, it comes from being satisfied with what we have and making the most of it.

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  1. Anonymous

    Nice one

    1. Anonymous

      All relatable.
      Thanks for sharing

    2. Anonymous

      Nice write up boss keep up the good job

  2. Bassey

    Nice one 😂 love the paragraph that has hazard downfall in it

    1. FelAnji

      Hazard wey everybody dey feel pained for, dis one use am laugh ni sha

  3. Aderibigbe Success

    Top notch on the writing man. It really relate to every stages of life. Surprisingly, the part that talked about being extremely good in one football club and flopping in another really got my attention.

  4. Ebube Uche Jacob

    Great article I like the clarity on favouritism and racism

    1. Femko

      Femko
      Nice one

  5. Christopher

    This is awesome bro

    1. FelAnji

      Thanks for the support my bro

  6. Anonymous

    This write up is 💯💯💯

    1. FelAnji

      Make una dey try put una names naaaa

  7. OLUWADARA

    Great article Brother!
    Football events is really relatable to real life happenings,and you just clearified everything.
    I love this❤️
    It probably took you two years to write this😂.

  8. Bola Ahmed Tinubu

    Factos🙌

  9. DMG

    Nice write up, I love it

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