SPOIL SPORT : HAND OF GOD by Shawlaa Mossrow

And the Number 10 stood on at the very edge of the rift on the highest peak of the frozen mountain, and there he reached out to the Mighty One.
“Diego...” said the Mighty One, “again you have returned.”
“I need more Sensei,” declared No 10.
“More?” came the disappointed growl, “What about all I have already given you?”
“Sensei, you have blessed me with the deadly art of the quick-foot-and-magnetic-toe.
You have also blessed me with the notorious White-Lotus-Multiple-Leg-over technique. Even also with the ‘kicked-in-foot-holding-my-face-diving technique’. Indeed my movement, field-foresight and kicking-score-ball-break-bone attributes have greatly manifested since I began my training with thee.”
“True. So, why have you returned?”
“To learn the one technique you never taught me...”
“No!” gasped the Mighty One, “not that! It is the most deadly art ever wielded. It has the power to break the heart, subdue the spirit to fight, and annihilate the joy of living from millions and an entire nations in one move. Please, reconsider!”
Lightning, and thunder flashes.
“I have chosen”, said Number 10, “Give me the power!!!”
Fresh cue: a very rough cut of the scene; then a pretentious super-text “Is this the end, or only the beginning?”
Tragically, it was only the beginning.
Flash-forward, it’s the 22nd of June, 1986. We are in the Estadio Azteca, Mexico City. The event – none other than the World Cup itself. No.10, after many a hesitation, for the fear any man will feel in the face of unlimited power, finally finds the courage to employ this most deadly of fatalities. To this day the mushroom cloud of shock, outrage, and the spine-petrifying effect of the sheer cold-cocky-ness of the act as yet to subside. No.10 laid the entire great nation of England to waste. In the stirring that surfaced, a terrified world moved microphones to trembling lips and marveled at this great harbinger of darkness. What? How? From where came this fearsome technique?
"Un poco con la cabeza de Maradona y otro poco con la mano de Dios"
Translated. "A little with the head of Maradona and a little with the hand of God"
The ‘Hand of God’ aka H.O.G was born.





..................concluding part in F-FACTOR Magazine edition 4

Football, Boys and me by Duvy

I lay spread on the sofa and struggled hard to pay keen interest to the TV Screen.{You see I had recently concluded one of those books about "rules and tips on how to keep your man"}. One of the suggestions was knowledge of football.
It was the match between Nigeria and Argentina.
My Fiancé’s friends were seated around the sitting room feasting on spiced meat and helping themselves to some cans of beer.
At every gasp they let out, I would ask a question hoping to make an impression on the boys as to how much I knew about football. It was of course no success.
Comments "like shoot now," "which kain yakubu be dis?" "Oooh, na off side again? "kai, dis messi sef!" were directed at the TV Screen. While comments like, "is there more beer dear?" "Can we have some more meat?" were directed at me.
I sometimes admire girls like Tega (that presents sports programs) who have an eye for Football and I think to myself: Is there some genetic makeup which I lack? Or do they spend time on the internet googling all they need to know about football? and If so, where on earth do I start from?
I suppose boys and girls are differently wired, even the ad of Heineken says it all.

My lesson: Trying to feel among may land you in trouble, Carve a niche for yourself and lead a class of your own.
Action point: Read more on football..... lol

F-Factor Magazine can be gotten from the following places
1. the Hub , The Palms shopping mall, Lekki- Lagos
2. Silver Bird life style store, Silver Bird Galleria, V/Island
3. Pharm Affairs, Ojota/ Ogudu road, Ogudu
4. All Finicky eatery centers.
5. White wood pharmacy, 22rd Festac Town, Lagos
6. Domino supermarket, Ozone cinema, E Center, commercial avenue, Yaba, Lagos.
7. De cafe, beside yem yem super market, Unilag shopping complex, Lagos
8. Students in Unilag Campus U.I campus and Unaab Campus.
9. Janio Books, Fabricare Plaza,G close, 22 road, opposite texaco petrol station festac town, Lagos
10. Adorn Pharmacy, between B close and C close, 22rd Festac Town, Lagos.

Kungfu Football ??? By Shawlaa Mossrow

“It is the year 2018; we are transmitting live from the Obama Stadium, here in Kenya. It is the World Cup first round group match between Ivory Coast and Italy. Team coach, Didier Drogba, is jumping about animatedly in the dug-out as the Referee blows for a foul! The team physios hurry on the field to pick Kalou’s fallen body unto the stretcher… about a minute or so later one of the physios return to detach Kalou’s face from Italian defender Maldini Jr’s studs. And as we review the replay, I hand you over to my co-commentator, Jean-Claude Van Damme.”
“Thank you, Scholes. As you can see, Maldini achieved a full 360degree roundhouse in connecting with Kalou’s face. Great form, excellent technique.”
“And, do you have anything to add, Mr. Jackie Chan?”
“Personally, I think that… even Bruce Lee would have been proud.”
“Viewers will have the opportunity of seeing this wonderful tackle in Matrix timing during the halftime break.”
Football is a contact sport.
No kidding. Much blood hath been drawn and jerseys rend asunder to prove that fact. On the average 90 minute debacle, there is hardly that part of the body that does not take a bruising (they don’t clutch the twins during free kicks for nothing you know). The beauty of the volley is no longer just in how it connects to the ball and to what effect, but also how it connects to limb, skull or even gonad (that’s ‘nuts’ to the none the wiser). Okay, yes; ‘contact sport’ it might be; but surely football is not quite boxing, right?
In boxing you see the punch coming, you even expect it. Ask Petr Cech.

................go buy d 2nd edition of f-factor mag for d concluding part.

F-Factor Magazine can be gotten from the following places
1. the Hub , The Palms shopping mall, Lekki- Lagos
2. Silver Bird life style store, Silver Bird Galleria, V/Island
3. Pharm Affairs, Ojota/ Ogudu road, Ogudu
4. All Finicky eatery centers.
5. White wood pharmacy, 22rd Festac Town, Lagos
6. Domino supermarket, Ozone cinema, E Center, commercial avenue, Yaba, Lagos.
7. De Cafe, beside yem yem super market, Unilag shopping complex, Lagos
8. Students in Unilag Campus U.I campus and Unaab Campus.
9. Janio Books, Fabricare Plaza,G close, 22 road, opposite texaco petrol station festac town, Lagos
10. Adorn Pharmacy, between B close and C close, 22rd Festac Town, Lagos.