Service wins the Game!

Being on par in terms of price and quality only gets you into the game. Service wins the game.

Tony Allesandra

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

Bill Gates Nigerians are celebrating the victory of the Super Eagles after 19 years since the last cup was lifted. Victory yesterday was especially super sweet for the Coach of the Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi who was himself once a player and a captain of the Super Eagles before his retirement as a player, and of course for the players themselves because not many people gave them chance of even moving on to the quarter finals let alone winning the cup. Most people especially just before the match with the Ivoriens had given the game, and probably the cup as well to the star-studded Ivorian side. I remember on twitter after the first game, the very harsh words of disappointment against the team and their handlers. I remember one of my brothers tweeting for Nigerians to be patient with the boys and not to withdraw their support for the boys since in any case, most people still support their European teams even in the face of long years of continuous defeat. However, Stephen Keshi and the boys were determined to change our minds and change the downward slide of Nigeria as a footballing nation by performing much better than in the recent past. The Super Eagles team and their coaches listened to the complaints of Nigerians, they saw and felt our lost confidence and they used the complaints and lost confidence to fuel their passion for the game and the country. The passion to live up to and probably surpass the glories of the past brought the cup back to Nigeria.

In effect, we can say that the Super Eagles and their coaches were like business owners who knew that their most unhappy customers, in this case, the Nigerian people are their greatest source of learning. Our disappointment in their past lack-lustre performances made them look inwards and gave them the ability to draw strengths from their own passion for the game and gave them, and ultimately us, Nigerians the victory that had been elusive for nineteen years! And so, in the end, their desires to render great service to their fatherland by making the country proud again won them the cup. Of course, there is still plenty of room for improvement, but meanwhile, let's savour the very sweet and delicious taste of victory! Keep soaring Super Eagles! And God bless Nigeria!