23/01/2024 08:51hs.
Soccer is one of those sports that doesn’t have much of a rational explanation. The mobilization of an entire country waiting for a result can only achieve things like that. The thing is Teodoro Obiangthe president of Equatorial Guinea, declared a national holiday in the country this Tuesday after the overwhelming 4 to 0 victory to Ivory Coast and subsequent classification to the round of 16 of the Africa Cup.
“For the victory of Nzalang (popular name of the team) Nacional, declared this January 23, 2024 #DAYFREEWORK!“, stated Obiang, in his personal X account.
The president of Equatorial Guinea declared a national holiday this Tuesday for the team’s victory (Photo: X)
But the truth is that this story has a history and he who promises has to deliver. Who has been president of Equatorial Guinea since 1979, promised the players a financial prize of one million euros for the victory and the same for each goal they scored against the Ivory Coast. Of course, they won and on top of that, they made four, so they will have to pay a large sum of money…
For his part, Teddy Nguema, the vice president, wrote before the game leaving a message that can motivate anyone: “I just spoke to our players to encourage them to keep up the good football they have played so far. For me, The match against Ivory Coast is like a final; That’s why I wished them luck and promised to incentivize them with 50 thousand euros per goal scored in our favor.”
Much more than a sport…
And when it seems that in Argentina, football is experienced differently from other countries, the Central African territory arrives to show that you can always do a little more. And in that region, sport is experienced in a very particular way. In fact, Indomitable y African Soccerare two works that perfectly represent the passion they feel for football there.
Under the slogan “They are the national heroes”, those in charge of carrying the country forward expressed themselves. The vice president, and at the same time Obiang’s son, Teodoro Nguema Obiangknown as Teodorín, published a video in which he excitedly expressed: “I have no words, they have shown that They are the best team in Africa. And today’s victory has been brilliant, an excellent victory, and, really, we are all very proud and happy to see how you have managed to beat the host country 4-0.”
African Cup of Nations – 1-23-2024
Equatorial Guinea
In the streets everything was happiness because hundreds of Equatoguinean fans celebrated the victory in Blurrythe capital of the country and in Abidjan, place in Ivory Coast where the match was played. On the other side of the street, Los Elefantes, caused incidents and destruction outside the stadium.
Equatorial Guinea’s path to the round of 16
Nzalang Nacional is being the revelation of the tournament. He is part of Group A along with the aforementioned Ivory Coast, Nigeria y Guinea-Bissau. And their numbers are more than positive: won two games y the other tied remaining and reached the round of 16 of the national team competition.
Now, the team will have four finals to come if they want to reach the ultimate dream of achieving glory. But, for the next instances to come, What will the president of Equatorial Guinea have prepared?
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