SOUTH AFRICA, CHOP AND QUENCH

South Africa like to pose no be small. Dem go pose so tay dem no go fit achieve wetin dem go competition go achieve. Na so dem pose in their match against Nigeria during the last Nations Cup, they bring their entire "gadget" dey pose for Lagos fans but they forgot to bring their playing skills so dem lost.

This time around, na food become their priority for the competition. We hear say dem bring a chef and all the food they go eat from South Africa.

From eggs, milk, chicken, to even all the cooking utensils and pure water. We hear say the players were even asked to submit the list of food they want before the tournament. Hear the chef, who won the Olympic Cooking competition in 1996.

"I've brought chip fryers, grills, microwave, ovens to help with the preparation of the meals. As far as the ingredients go it's everything from cooked chicken, meat, milk to bread rolls, eggs and cakes - everything you can think of."

Una hear that? Make someone tell us if all these things no dey for Mali.

"We've brought along lots of pasta and potatoes for carbohydrate loading. In between we allow them to eat meat but the diet is strictly controlled."

Na diet my brothers dey control while other serious team dey control football, no wonder dem no score a goal until their last group match.

While the "world cook champion" dey deny say the importation of South African ingredients is a slight on the Malian people, he said,

"The food here is good and the people are very friendly but in any country in the world the food is different to what you experience at home. We have to take precautions so that the players don't get ill".

Abeg no sweet talk the people, even God don finally catch dem, no be the same Mali wey dem no wan eat their food come beat dem so. Even with dem hale and hearty player wetin dem fit do.

Big up Mali, they no even care say South Africa help them both morally and financially in hosting the competition.

Well South Africa, for the next competition, make una bring the hotel wey una go sleep in, from Johannesburg.