Messi & Bale Talks Tough in Zinedine Zidane’s First El-Classico Match as Manager of Real-Madrid

By Samuel Aniekan for Eddysam Educators Sports

It gets no bigger than this as Real-Madrid & Barcelona lock horns this Saturday the 2nd of April in what is arguably going to be a mouth-watering encounter. Who is going to come out on top come Saturday? Is the MSN lead Barcelona or the BBC lead Real-Madrid? We’ll be finding out come Saturday the 2nd of April 2016.

The match is definitely going to be tension soaked & full of suspense and intrigue as both teams have their star players in in the right gear & top form at the moment. Apart from Raphael Varane of Real-Madrid who is injured at the moment, there are no suspensions and injuries concerns for both teams.

Zidane in what is going to be his first El-Classico as a manager is the man saddled with the responsibility of fashioning out a winning strategy making sure that Real come out on top at the end of the day & are not disgraced like it happened under coach Rafael Benitez the last time the match took place.

Pride is the major thing that is at stake as the result is going to have little or no influence on the destination of the league title as Barcelona are already 9 points ahead of their closest rival Atletico-Madrid & 10 points ahead of Real who are in 3rd place. Will the Barcelona attacking trident of MSN(Messi, Suarez & Neymar) come out on top at the top or will it be Real-Madrid’s trinity of BBC(Benzema, Bale & Cristiano Ronaldo).

  

Gareth Bale who is in the form of his life at the moment has said that even though coach Zidane isn’t using him in his favoured position that he his raring to go & that he is not going to allow personal interest to over-shadowed the team’s interest & that if they win come Saturday that Real-Madrid stand a chance of still winning the league at the end of the season.

Lionel Messi has said that he is extra motivated to score his 500th senior international career goal during the encounter as there is no better moment to reach such a milestone than in the biggest man in world football the El-Classico   

The Value & Importance of Sound Health

The greatest asset that any-one can have is sound health. Sound health is more important that financial & material wealth. It is said that health is wealth. A wealthy person is definitely a healthy person. Health is life as a person’s life becomes miserable & useless without sound health.

What is Health?

As defined by the World Health Organization, health is a “state of complete physical, mental, & social well-being & not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. Health is a state of being free from illness or injury.

Poverty which is a state where an individual can’t afford the basic necessities of life is a terrible condition that can befall any-body but let me let you know that the lack or the loss of sound health is even a much worse unpleasant scenario than poverty. When you lack or lose sound health your life is going to become meaningless, miserable, & frustrating. The lack or loss of sound health is much more terrible & frustrating than poverty.

Health is Wealth

Health is said to be wealth because even though money might be able to enhance health, money can’t purchase sound health because there are diseases that no amount of money can cure or even alleviate. Late President Umaru Yar’Adua of Nigeria would have been alive today if money could buy sound health & cure his infirmity as he was rich enough to afford the best doctor & hospital in the world. No fee would have been too great for him to pay to acquire good health but it was not available.

A healthy man who is financially & materially poor is actually a wealthy man but a wealthy man who is lacking sound health is actually a poor man. Late Umaru Yar’Adua of Nigeria would gladly have exchanged his wealth for sound health if it was possible. Sound health makes a poor man look like a wealthy man but bad health can actually a disfigure rich man & make him undesirable & unpresentable.

Health is Life

Health is life because an individual who lacks sound health or who is living in sickness has become nothing but a moving corpse. It will get to a point where such a person will become so frustrated with life that he is going to pray for death to take him away. Sound health is a treasure that should be cherished, preserved, & handled with care when you have it. Don’t personally destroy your health & your life in the process by your negative habits, actions & lifestyle like the late king of pop music Michael Jackson did. If you want to really appreciate the value of sound health that you possess pay a visit to any General hospital or University Teaching hospital that is close to you.

The Benefits of Sound Health

You can only:

• Maximize your potential when you are healthy.
• Be productive in your work or business when you are healthy.
• Live & enjoy a life of abundance when you are healthy.
• You can only fulfill your destiny & achieve your dreams when you are healthy.
• Have Inner joy & peace of mind when you are healthy.

Consequences of Poor Health

Poor health leads to the following:

• Unfulfilled potential.
• Loss of productivity.
• Shattered & unfulfilled dreams.
• Loss of opportunities.
• Premature ageing.
• Waste of resources, time & money etc

Nigeria Crashes Out of Gabon 2017 African Cup of Nations

The Super Eagles of Nigeria today crashed out of the 2017 African cup of nations to be hosted in Gabon with a game to spare in the qualifying series after losing by a 1-0 scoreline to the Egyptian Pharaohs in a must win game. The Eagles came into the game knowing that nothing short of a victory will put them in pole position to qualify for the event after drawing the first leg 1-1 in Kaduna on Friday & lagging behind the Egyptians by two points. The only goal of the encounter was scored by Ramadan Sobhy of Egypt in the 65_th minute.

The Importance of Water to Our Well-Being & Health

Water is a colourless, odourless, tasteless substance that is a liquid at room temperature with the chemical formula H2O. After Oxygen which is present in air, water is the second most important substance that the body needs for survival. You can survive on water alone without food for at least two weeks but you may die from dehydration if you stay without water for more than 3 days.

Water makes up about 65-75% of the human body. About 75% of the earth’s surface is covered with water, some organisms such as fishes won’t be able to survive without water, plants won’t be able to photosynthesize their food without water & as a result there won’t be life because every other organism depends either directly or indirectly on plants for survival. So we can say that life depends on water or that water is life.

Even though water is one of the most common substance, it is much more precious than gold & diamond to the human body. People feel that water is too cheap & common to be consumed in large amounts. Many people would rather consume 4 litres of alcohol on a daily basis than 4 litres of water on a daily basis. A lot of people when thirsty would consume large volumes of liquids such as beer, soft-drinks such as Coca-Cola, coffee, tea & non-alcoholic beverages. These liquids can never, never play the role of water in your body & when taken excessively they become dangerous to the body. 

Function of Water in the Human Body

• Water help to:
• Flush out wastes & toxins.
• Regulate body temperature.
• Acts as shock absorber for joints, bones & muscles.
• Cleanses the body inside & out.
• Transports nutrients, proteins, vitamins, minerals & sugars for assimilation.
• Helps in regulating body weight.
• Maintains the proper function of the body system.
• Helps the body to work at its peak. 

Problems Associated with Lack of Adequate Water in the Human Body

A lot of problems can arise when you are not drinking the right amount of water that your body needs & they include:

Suffering from aches, constipation, skin eruptions, fatigue, pains etc.

Passing out co-loured urine.

Skin dehydration.

Poor water retention

Edema

Bloating

Many people actually have these problems because they are simply not drinking enough water. Once they increase the amount of water they drink these ailments disappears.

How Much Water Should Be Consumed?

You are supposed to drink about 4-5 litres of water on a daily basis or 6-8 glasses of water per day. Make sure that the water you are drinking is clean, colourless, odourless & tasteless. You may not be able to drink up to 6-8 glasses of water initially, but start with a little amount & steadily increase your daily intake as it is said that the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. You can increase the cleansing effect of water by adding a slice of lemon.  

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The Benefits of Making the Right Choice in Choosing a Career

What is a Career?

According to the business dictionary a Career can be defined as the progress & actions taken by a person throughout a lifetime, especially those related to that person's occupation. One might have a career in engineering but might work in different firms occupying different positions in the cause of his or her life-time.

Making the right career choice is the first step to having a successful career. A lot of youths make mistakes when it comes to them choosing a career. If you don't want your life to be fill with misery, sorrow, pain, & regret you need to be very, very careful in choosing a career .

   

Why Do Youths Find it Difficult to Choose the Right Career?

Many youths find it difficult to choose a career or make the right choice because they are not adequately informed & you can become deformed when you are not informed. A lot of youths are limited in their choices to common & popular careers such as Law, Engineering, Accountancy, Medicine etc. 

Many others fail to take some very crucial factors into consideration when making their choice & as a result they end up living a life of had I known & loose fulfillment & satisfaction in life. 

Take the case of a youth who actually wants to pursue a career in medicine & surgery but yet faints at the mere sight of blood. How would such an individual cope with a human corpse in medical school during practical sessions.

Take the case of a student who wants to pursue a career in engineering but yet dislikes mathematics with passion how will such a student be able to cope if he gains admission to study any of the engineering courses where 95% of the courses that he will be offering will be based on mathematics.

Also take the case of someone who is carefree, unaccountable, disorganized & not prudent in any way when it comes to money choosing a career in accounting.

When you make the right career choice you are going to avoid bitter experiences in the future. Don't choose a career to please your parents, siblings, or friends because they won't bear the pains, failure, frustrations, set-backs, & challenges that will arise how of your decision. Know that you are going to dance alone to whatsoever type of music plays out of the choice that you make.

Also as a youth know that Engineering, Medicine, Law, Accountancy, Pharmacy are not the only career that we have in this world, thousands of careers exist & you can only become fulfilled & satisfied when you choose the right one.

Jose Mourinho's mother wanted him to become an accountant & she decided to enroll him into a financial institution but Mourinho withdrew from the financial institution after 2 weeks & enroll for a first degree in the less fancied Physical & Health Education course & he also learn the major languages of the world since he wanted to become an international coach. Today Mourinho is one of the most influential personalities in our world & he is satisfied & fulfilled. This goes to show that you can actually hit it big with any career as far as you are not a mediocre in that area.     

Egypt's Mohammed Salah Spoilts the Party for Nigeria in AFCON 2017 Qualifier

The Samson Siasia lead Super -Eagles of Nigeria were cruising to a 1-0 home victory before AS Roma winger Mohammed Salah crept in from no-where to score to force a 1-1 stalemate .

Nigeria had taken the lead through Oghenekaro Etebo goal in the 60th minute & the Super Eagles almost held on to the end of the match but Salah score the equalizer in the 92nd minute of play.

As it stands right now Nigeria needs to defeat the Egyptians in Cairo to stand any chance of qualifying for the 2017 AFCON.