Discussion about my country's national sports

Greetings Everyone

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Is another new week and am so grateful to God for this, is also a new month as well. I will also begin this week by participating in this wonderful community's contest about sport. All countries engage in one or two sports and this has bring unity in them. Sport is a very great thing and I thank @memamun for organizing this contest.

What is the name of your country's national sport? Describe the game.

The name of my country's national sport is football this sport is a very popular sport all of the world and it has really been creating room for peace and joy among two or more countries. This game has two goal posts with a goalkeeper each and also one football. It has 10 more players each from the both sides and it's officially a 90 minutes sport. I really love watching this sport on TV, it gives me alot of joy and makes me very active. So many states in my country has their own football team, there's a state known as Kano and the name of the football team there is Kano Pillars.

Do you like the game? Describe reasons for liking or disliking.

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Yes I like this game, alot of boys in my country like this game and we always partake on it, we always play football in any free open space we see, just like my church compound, Is very big and I play football there every Saturday morning with my fellow altar servers after we have finished our rehearsals and clean up. We even play football under the rain sometimes and it has always been a funny moment playing it under the rain.

The reason I love the sport is because is a very co-operating sport whereby each players always pass the to one another with the aim of having a free space to shoot the ball directly inside the goalpost quickly. The sport Keeps the body very fit and it has made me fit because while playing football we run, jump, walk and do other things. I love football so much for it's uniqueness, The sport is the sport where we play a ball with our legs and try our best to shoot it inside our opponent's posts.

If you have any memory or performance related to the game please share.

Yes I have a memory related to this sport and this was during this year's African cup of nations, it happened earlier this year. My country Nigeria really did very well in this previous Afcon, we won alot of African countries. There was a time we played with South Africa and if we win them then we are going to qualify for the final. This game was just like a final match because it was very tough, Nigerians and South Africans kept on scoring the same amount of goals.

They continued until they got to the penalty stage and this is what South Africans have always wanted, due to the fact that their goalkeeper caught four penalties in one of their matches and they fell he will do the same thing in their match with Super Eagles which are our Nigerian footballers. The goalkeeper didn't catch up to three penalty and we won that fierce match and qualifed for the finals but things got bad when we went for finals.

We didn't win the final match to become champions of Africa, I feel Super Eagles didn't put all their best in their match with Ivory Coast which were the host of this previous Afcon, Is a shame to all African countries that participated to see a country who hosted an Afcon, winning it. I was so sad when we lost because we were so closed to winning it. The match ended 2 - 1 and I hope we win next time.

I invite @owulama, @kidi40, @patjewell and @josepha to participate in this contest.