MOURINHO DYMISTIFIED

The el-classico as it is fondly called is the match between FC-Bacelona and Real Madrid was played on the 29th of November, this year at a time students of OAU students were writing their exams, yet they shunned their books to watch and discuss the el-classico. Afolabi Oni writes.

It was the talk of the town, the bone of contention and the bull’s eye of discussion in especially the male halls of residence in Obafemi Awolowo University. Many agreements ensued as sweated justifying reasons why either of the club will win.
Most English premiere League fans were not unsupportive for Real Madrid (The Galacticals). For FC Chelsea fans, many of them were supporting their former team coach, Jose Mourinho, who is the current team coach of Real Madrid and by extension supported Mardrid. For the Manchester United fans, they have soft spot for their former play-maker and striker, Christiano Ronaldo who now plies his trade with Madrid. For the Gunners fans (Arsenal FC), it was time to revenge their 4-0 defeat to Barcelona at the Quarter final Stage of last session UEFA champions’ league, and they want Madrid to help them out.
Others that aren’t English clubs fans reminded Barcelona Fans that, Portugal defeated Spain 3-0 and most Barcelona fans are part of Spain’s starting eleven and Christiano Ronaldo is of Portugal and the playmaker of Real Madrid. This same fate may repeat itself with Barcelona losing.
In the rooms, many predicted a loss for FC Barcelona or at most a draw in camp nou, the home of Barcelona. Many Barcelona fans refused to wear their jersey due to the many persons that gave it to Real Mardrid. All T.V. rooms in all halls of residence was already crowded as at 8pm for a match that to commence by 9pm.
Even Mozambique Hall girls were watching the match rather than their usual African Magic or MTV. When Campuslife asked Ibukun Olaiya, a 100 level student of Nursing, residing in Moz, she said, ‘I don’t like watching football, but there has being to much talk on this match. I have examination in tomorrow, but I will read overnight. Even if I go to the library now, I wouldn’t concentrate and I will only be deceiving myself.’
Adefemi Olayinka, the Assistant Secretary General of the Students’ Union said, ‘My father just called me now, he said that I shouldn’t read but that I should go and watch the el-classico. I don’t support either of the clubs but any football lover will not miss this match.’
Calls were exchange with distance friends in places like Lagos as many praised and prayed for their team, but none of them could play. The match analyses on supersport Charles Anazodo and former super Eagles forward gave it to Real Madrid because of their team coach, the special one, Jose Mourinho and the fact that, the last time Mourinho met Barcelona, he triumph over Pep Guardiola, the Coach of FC Barcelona (The catalans), also coupled with the fact that Mourinho was an assistant coach in Barcelona when Guardiola was a player.
At the start of the match silence filled the TV room and everyone was doing a study of the match. The first real chance came in the 3 minute for the Catalans as Lionel Messi, world best player as he beat cassila only to hit the woodwork, may Barcelona fans screamed at the close effort and were better optimistic that Barcelona will win.
At exactly 7 minutes into the match, there was power outage and students ran to new buka as if they where changing successive lecture to a small class that can contain only 150 students but a class size of 1500 students, which is a common sight in OAU, especially for courses like EGL 101 1nd CHM 101 among others. Some wanted to watch the match in Fork and Finger at the students’ union building that had their generator on, but they cared less about corporate social responsibility and they switch off their TV set and removed it inside and brought a spoiled plasma TV out all because they don’t want their restaurant to be overcrowded. The Union president, Fredrick Joel was called and he went inside to tell them to bring the TV out. Although he was lobbied to watch the match inside like other CEC official like the Welfare Director, Ige Ayodele and Adefemi Olayinka, the Assistant Secretary General at the expense of his fellow students, but he rejected. Joel begged the students to allow the persons eating to sit while they stand and the students obliged. Just five minutes after the TV was switch on, electricity was restored and all the students went to the TV room as Joel, switched on the TV’s in the Students Union building.
The students that had seen online that Barcelona had scored unreplied goal concluded the first half. They goals came off the feet of Xavi and Pedro. The goals continued in the second half as David Villa put two into the back of the net and substitute, Jefferson rounded off the match as he sent home the cross from Bojan, another substitute. Lionel Messi, made three assist although didn’t score. The special one, Mourinho was quite although the match.
Wole Monebi, a two hundred level student of pharmacy asked, ‘Who said Mourinho is not a special one, isn’t losing unreplied goals to FC Barcelona special? The match was one sided, but that doesn’t mean that Barcelona has won the league.’