Memory “Mwendamberi” Mucherahohwa, former Zimbabwean footballer ‘s autobiography title “Soul of Seven million dreams” aptly portrays that soccer in Zimbabwe and world wide unites souls as the phrase do not judge a book by its covers is also depicted.
Mucherahohwa who captained Dynamos to the 1998 CAF Champions after being named the 1994 soccer star ‘s autobiography title highlights a great number of people as in their dreams being united in pursuit of entertainment and happiness through cheering in soccer.
The special quality of supporters cheering their teams embodies peace and love. Also nicknames given to teams or their supporters vividly explains the unite achieved through soccer. International clubs like Chelsea, Liverpool or Manchester United have nicknames that subtly describes the fun that the soccer game has as it is also in Zimbabwe at big clubs for instance Dynamos FC, Caps Utd FC , and Highlanders FC .
In Zimbabwe, Dynamos supporters are nicknamed” dzvinyu” in the vernacular which means lizard. It is widely understood that the reptile’s tail is used by woman as a charm in love portions to have their husbands be submissive .The reptile is known for crawling around the walls of the house and women would want men to believe home was the only sanctuary for them. Ironically thee name is used to Dynamos as a nickname showing that it is pivotal for Dynamos to stay in the top flight league.
Caps Utd on the other hand are nicknamed “datya” in the mother’s language meaning frog. The legend is that a man had two wives. The other wife’s children were frogs whilst the other one had human beings. As the children grew up, they began to help their parents by doing household chores .The human beings went hunting and came back empty handed as the forest did not have any animals left. The frogs who were much despised came back with lots of buckets full of fish for their mom.Caps Utd has been financially unstable since Caps Pharmaceutical Holdings pulled out in sponsoring the team. Although Caps Utd not rich like FC platinum or Ngezi Platinum their rich history of soccer makes them a force to reckon in the Premier Soccer League like the frogs in the legendary story.
These names show that people are more interested in the sport so as to coin make people united even if they are nit supporting the same team.In England Premier League, Chelsea is called the “Blues” The nickname apart from being the team’s favourite colour can be elaborating that problems can be eased by watching soccer and so through a team like Chelsea. Manchester United is the Red Devils due to their red colours thus also acknowledging that the team has devilish portraits. Many people are happy with the saying, ‘The deil you know is better than the angel you do not know, so as people go to war without knowing when it ends like the angel you do not know.
Big teams in top flight leagues around the globe have stood the taste of time because of the large contingent of supporters they have. These big four teams usually play to the most to avoid relegation as it would be a mockery to the country’s leagues and such is the way of soccer. With the World Cup commencing in 3 weeks , men will be spoiled with amazing soccer events that their high testosterones high and different nationals will be united through soccer.
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