When Karl Marx stated many years ago that Religion is the opium of the people, he didnt know that people will rephrase it in later years It has been recoined today to state that football is the opium of the masses. That football can people temporarily forget their sufferings caused by bad governance, especially in Nigeria.
When the European season went on break last May, football fans temporarily embraced the new format FIFA Club World Cup which saw 32 teams from all the continents vying for the top prize.
Against their expectations, Chelsea who barely made the cut for the 2025/2026 UEFA Champions League beat PSG, who won the Champions League for the first time a few weeks earlier to become the first champions of the revised competition.