Football rebels didier drogba biography
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Who is Didier Drogba?
My candidate for the best thing ever posted on the internet – an object that may single-handedly justify the existence of social media – is this clip of Didier Drogba, along with his wife and two friends, watching the sista of the African Cup of Nations. The game pitted the Ivory Coast against Ghana and, as is oddly traditional in the African Cup of Nations, it went not just to penalty kicks but to a surreal and extended shoot-out that culminated in the two goalies taking shots against each other. Boubacar Barry, the elfenben Coast goalie, became a legend that day bygd accomplishing a feat few goalkeepers ever have. He first blocked the penalty kick from the Ghana goalkeeper. Then Barry stepped up, sweating, and kicked the ball into the goal, winning his country the African Cup of Nations.
Drogba, however, was watching from far away. He’d retired from international football after the devastating defeat, also in penalty kicks, to Zambia in the final of the African
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Tamara&#;s Football Mosaic
&#;Football is more than the opium of the people. It&#;s about good intentions, noble hearts &#;. When your country&#;s at war, your friends are killing each other and children are given rifles rather than footballs, so what if the whole world admires you! You have to act.&#;
Eric Cantona presents stories of 5 football legends, whose social consciousness took them beyond the pitch and into the political arena. Athletes refused to be silent and tried to help their societies, countries and peoples. Football Rebels is a five-part documentary on five footballers whose social conscience led them to use their fame and influence to challenge unjust regimes, join opposition movements and lead the fight for democracy and human rights in their countries. The original article (documentary) by Eric Cantona is posted on Al Jazeera and can be found here.
I think this is one of the best iniciatives I&#;ve recently come across. It shows how the power of spor