Right from the days of old, people express rage when things that should be smooth go awry. Especially when they know that efforts have been made to see good results.
Notable instance of people expressing rage include Moses who God sent on an errand to deliver the tablet containing the Ten Commandments to the people of Israel. He was furious because he was away for only few moments when compared to the number of days they journeyed in the wilderness after Pharaoh let them leave Egypt and they had built a golden calf to worship instead of God who delivered them from the hands of Pharaoh.
The story is told in the Book of Exodus in chapter 32. So it is right now among Nigerians, mostly football loving ones. They are feeling the pains of their darling team, the Super Eagles, missing out on another celebration of football, regarded as the king of sports when 48 countries gather, for the first time, in three countries, United States, Canada and Mexico next year. They were equally aghast when their Super Eagles missed the opportunity to participate in the first World Cup played in the Middle East, Qatar precisely in 2022, outside the normal summer period of June to July.