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LESSON FROM THE GAME OF FOOTBALL




Football is a game of two teams. With each team make up eleven players. These players consist of strikers, defenders, midfielders and a goal keeper. Each of the players have their respective roles on the pitch. There is a need to work together as a team before they can win any game. This is because football is less an individual game but more of team game. Effective communication is crucial to success in the world of football. Victory is not far from any team that connect and communicate well on the pitch. The striker cannot say because I’m the goal scorer, I don’t need the goal keeper or the midfielders. However, he may score goals but his team would also concede as many goals as possible. In a case they concede more than they score, that’s a defeat on their part. Working together in the world of football is a step to victory.
Every team wants to win. They want to gain possession of the ball at all cost. They all look ambitious and passionately serious. In an attempt to gain control of the ball from the opposing team, some players go for legs instead of ball. If such happen, the referee either issue out warning card (yellow) or eviction card (red) depending on the extent of offence committed.
This scenario can be likened to our journey in life.  
Many are ambitious and passionately serious just like football players. We all want to achieve our dreams, we all want to win and also reach our desire heights.  After you’ve set your goals you must realize you need people to achieve those goals. After you have seen vision you must also realize that you need people as part of the mission to make your vision a reality. This doesn’t mean you are incomplete or incapable.
Those that want to pull others down to go up will never get there. Run your race diligently, be hardworking and never look down on people. Remember Rahab, an harlot that rescued the spies that went to Jericho.
Regardless of your status, either social or financial or even both you cannot live in isolation. We need one another to reach our aiming heights.
‘I’ alone can chase a thousand but two will chase ten thousands.
Till we meet again, I remain my humble self AKERELE ODUNAYO SAMUEL.

Remember keep being you and keep being true.

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