Around one month old soccer extravaganza in South Africa finally ended on Sunday when Nigeria defeated first timer Burkina Faso by 1-0 in a tight final at Soccer City in front of a crowd of 87000 energetic fans cheering all the time. This is one of the biggest wins considering their position at the start of the event, coz no one had taken them seriously to bring the trophy back home, even not in their country there were not many believers of their win. Last time, Nigeria did it was in 1994 when Stephen Keshi, who is the coach of current team, leaded the winning squad; perhaps he is the only black African coach to win the biggest prize money over last twenty years. Moreover, he also became the only one to win the title two times both as player and as a coach. For Burkina Faso, it was their first time when they have even crossed the group stage and this would have been a great victory for them if they could overcome Nigerians. Sunday Mba scored the only goal of the game in 40th minute … [Read more...]