African Entrepreneurship Records

  Chapter 180 Football Nation

   Vienna.

   Danube Riverside Food Industry Park.

  The construction site is full of workers, and two hardened roads spreading from the park to the main city of Vienna and the port are being built.

   "Today, everyone strives to finish the last 50 meters, and then they can go to rest." The supervisor said to the workers looking at the getting dark sky.

  The workers who had been busy for a day heard that it was finally coming to an end, and inadvertently began to speed up the construction, striving to have a delicious hot meal early.

  …

   in East Africa.

  Nairobi City, Ontario Village.

   "Figo, pass the ball quickly." Mars shouted to his teammates.

   Hearing the shout, Figo turned around and kicked a leather football behind him.

   "Go on!"

  I saw a strong figure coming towards the football quickly. Mars stopped the rolling football with his feet, and galloped towards the opposite side with the ball towards the unguarded right.

   "Damn it, stop him quickly." Antonio yelled at the team members.

  The three members of the Jacob Village team hurriedly returned to the blank area behind.

  However, it was too late, Mars acted as if he had entered the land of no one, and with a fake move, he tricked the three people who came to intercept him behind him.

   He still didn't forget to turn his head and yell at the three of them, "Goodbye, little cuties!"

   As he spoke, he took the ball and rushed towards the local goal.

  The goalkeeper looked at Mars who was coming towards him, and had already begun to predict the direction of Mars' shot.

  The other Jacob Village players were unable to return in time, and could only watch Mars attacking his own goal alone.

   Mars made an emergency stop and made a smooth transition. At this time, the football was suspended in mid-air according to inertia. Mars found the right direction, jumped up, and shot a volley towards the right side of the goal.

   Everyone on and off the court held their breath to see if the ball would succeed.

In a blink of an eye, the football was already heading towards the goal. The moment Mars kicked the ball, Soles, the goalkeeper of Jacob Village, rushed to the right of the goal, and the football hit Soles hard. in the arms.

   "Ah!" Mars gritted his teeth and roared as he watched the intercepted football.

   "Another failed shot. This is Mars' third shot today. Unfortunately, he was unlucky and was blocked by Soles." A villager in Ontario Village commented.

"I think this ball is very good, there are almost no mistakes, and it is also heading towards the goal without going out of bounds. The main problem is that the weather has been relatively humid recently. The ball is sewn with wild boar skin and has absorbed a lot of water, so It looks cumbersome, which is why Mars' shot cannot pose a threat to Soles." Another villager said.

"That's true. I haven't taken this ball out to dry recently. I estimate it is at least one-third heavier than it was a month ago. If it had been dried in the sun before, it would at least be able to fly faster, and the goalkeeper would have no time to defend. .”

  All men, women and children from Ontario Village and Jacob Village came to watch the game, and almost everyone could say a word or two about football.

   As the largest sport in the East African colonies, football has become popular in almost every village.

   During the slack season, it is a rare enjoyment for East Africans who lack recreational activities to come to an exciting football game, so football has almost become a national sport in East Africa.

  The reason why football is popular in East Africa also has its unique conditions. The most important thing in East Africa is land. There are a lot of open spaces. Grass is very suitable for playing football, and the soft soil can effectively prevent injuries.

  And the football goal and football are very easy to solve. The goal can be replaced by stones or two lines, while the East African football is made of various animal skins and soft fillings.

There are quite a lot of animal skins in East Africa, and they are all kinds. They are the selfless dedication of grassland animals. Many of them are also sold to Europe by the East African colonies. The best lion skins and crocodile skins are very popular in Europe. The price And the profit is also high.

  Furthermore, as a team sport, football is highly competitive, confrontational, and highly entertaining. Especially, the football rules in East Africa are quite imperfect and there is no uniform standard, which creates a lot of room for players to play freely. Many players have their own exclusive secrets.

  There are all kinds of fancy kicks, which have created many classic kicks that are talked about by people. If you put the East African football game in Europe, it is not surprising that there are hundreds of mistakes in a game.

  However, the current East African football rules are basically no rules, and its entertainment significance is far greater than competition.

  After all, the villagers just want to have fun, as long as they don’t get rough, they walk with the ball in their hands, and they can kick it however they want.

  Even the number of players on the field is not too limited, as long as the two sides are equal, theoretically, both sides can have a battle of hundreds of people.

  In East Africa, almost every region has its own set of football rules, which are the result of common conventions.

  With such a chaotic football order, each village plays its own game, and neighboring villages want to have a friendly match, so they have to temporarily formulate a set of rules that everyone can accept before the game.

  Of course, very few European immigrants have been exposed to regular football, but the number is very limited. After all, most immigrants come from rural areas, and football is only more popular in the UK now, and there are not many civilians who can pay attention to sports in this era.

  So the popularization of football in East Africa cannot do without the promotion of Ernst. Ernst has always attached great importance to the time arrangement of East African immigrants, that is, they should not be allowed to be too idle, and they should be given more things to do.

  Football is very suitable for promotion. Anyway, the materials and venues are ready-made, and it is enough for each region to hold a few games at a fixed time every week.

  With more contact, immigrants will slowly start to enjoy this sport at other times, and will spontaneously play football in their spare time.

   Moreover, it is the kind that both men, women and children participate in. The immigrants in East Africa are generally relatively young, and the older ones are not too old.

Children will receive football education in schools when they receive compulsory education. There are quite a lot of physical education classes in East Africa, because textbooks, teaching materials, teaching aids, etc. all require cost, and children in East Africa do not learn much knowledge, so in some places schools almost One-third of the courses are physical education classes, which have become the most popular courses.

  Compared with boring running, long jump and other activities, football is obviously more popular among children.

   With the whistle blowing.

  The friendly match between Ontario Village and Jacob Village ended. In the end, Ontario Village won the game with a slight advantage of 6 to 5. According to local rules, the two sides shook hands and bid farewell.

   "Soleis, you have to be careful next time. I'm not in good shape today. In the next game, I must score three." Mars said while shaking Soles' hand.

   "Hehe, next time, I'll wait and see." Soles chuckled lightly.

   "You boy!" Mars gave Soles a shoulder, and then both of them burst out laughing.

  (end of this chapter)