group C, and Poland in second after they won Ukraine 1-0. Northern Ireland, after their tough time with the German players finished third. Although, with three points they could come forward, but they will need Czech Republic not to win tonight.
Despite the first goal from the German players; that could'nt stop the excitment of the Northern Ireland's Fans, as they continue with singing and cheering up their team, although the Northern Ireland's coach Micheal O'Neill did'nt find it funny, as the world champions beats his team at the end of the game with Northern Ireland 0- 1 Germany.
At second half the Northern Ireland play very hard to see if they could secore any goal, but all their effort to secored failed; as Germany seems to prepared well for the game. The german player Thomas Müller among others missed several chances to score more goals, but they were able to defend their first goal, after they missed several attempts.
My observation of soccer public veiwing in Germany in relation with the Nigeria public viewing centers. Yesterday at Beim SV Obersülzen where the soccer public viewing took place Northern Ireland vs Germany. I noticed that most of the German soccer Fans who was there to view the soccer, were really calm fans, as the people sat down on their seat, and quitely veiwing the match with the beer or coca-cola on the table and others eats dinner in the Restaurant while the match was going on. However, at the stadium in Paris; the German soccer fans do not show too much sense of excitment as well.
On the other hand, in Africa (Nigeria): Nigerian soccer fans are known for their love and excitment for their team. There is nothing that interest a Nigerian youth and older person as soccer. Nigerians love their soccer players, especially if it involved foreign players. Most Nigerians soccer fans fellow, and watch the European leagues, and own sport Jerseys of international footballers and their clubs. In the late 70s early80s for example, there were no soccer public veiwing in Nigeria and most of the poor people could not afford to buy a TV set. And in those days, people move from one place to another, just to watch the soccer, because of lack of electricity supply. Anyways, today Nigeria has a lot of soccer public viewing centers. The public viewing centers was created as a result of the Nigerians love for European soccer leagues, soccer world cup. They view the match through the use of Satellite stations, such as, DSTV. Nigerians' soccer public veiwing centers are noisy Restaurant or Bars; as the soccer fans jubilate for every goals, socred by their team. Such exclamation " What a lovely game!" or you see them jumping up from their seat and dancing around the place shouting or singing "It a goal ooooooooo". Just to cheer up their soccer team. Nigerians are so entangled with foriegn soccer leagues, that even the Boko Haram's terror campaign to bomb some of the Nigerian soccer public veiwing centers; has not stopped; the Nigerians from going to soccer public veiwing centers. A lot of Nigerians soccer fans are ready to die because of soccer, and this real sacred me, soccer has been my favorite sport for as long as I can remember. But i'm losing interest in soccer due to the arrogance and abuse from some of the soccers' fans.
Queendaline Schneider.
