By Isyaku Ibrahim
Soccer arguably the most populous Game worldwide being played by twenty two people eleven on each side will continue to retain its name as an unpredictable game
The reason behind was that no matter how knowledgeable, magician and miraculous one is he cannot forecast what will happen in a match until the final whistle is blown
Definitely as over half of the countries that will play in the 2026 world cup have emerged four of the nations will be participating for the first time in their history
These include Jordan, Uzbekistan,Cape Verde and Curacao
The astonishing aspect of the story is with regard to the buttom country which most of us are hearing the name for the first time
The country which secured independence fifteen years ago from Netherlands has a population of one hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants that is as tiny as the smallest Local Government in Kano
But apart from that, the other surprising aspect was that on their way to earning the ticket to the global event they were not beaten in the ten matches they played as they won seven and drew three
What next is what may be the outcome at the final occasion whether another surprise may be pulled whereby the minor emerges as the mighty that is what one could not rule out
That is football a mixture of black and white the mother of sporting events started in old Greek but modernized in England
