 Let's take a bold step and ask you before we look at the preview of Mouko versus Croatia. It's very very difficult. There's any factor, a lot of people want Argentina to win is a messy factor. Beyond that, who do you think will win today? Yes, I think I am one of those who also wish that Argentina would win the World Cup because of messy. Beyond emotions and sentiment, I think on the balance of the quality that are available to the two teams, I think Argentina has the capability to also merit to win the World Cup. But like I said, football is like a biscuit, you cannot really predict, depends on what you bring on the field of player when that period in time. Your result yesterday is not important, what is important is the 90 minutes. As honourable as a football analyst, I think the best team should win. And I also pray that the best team will win as well. But if you want to ask me for sentiment, for emotion, I think it would be a thing of joy if Messi will cap his last appearance at the World Cup with a triumph. So for me, it's not that here or there, which is what will happen in 90 minutes or beyond, or might even eventually go to the game of luck, you know, penalty shoot-out and everybody, it's everybody's game. But if you ask me for the sake of Messi, I will wish that his team triumph. Last year, let's look at them to this game against Morocco and Croatia. I'm sure we analyzed that yesterday, but obviously in some hours time, we'll be seeing the first Africa playing in the World Cup third place match, and that will probably be that's historical, and we will be having perhaps the first Africa to win a medal at the World Cup since inception of the World Cup in the 50s. So let's see why you panned out tomorrow. What's your stake on today's game between Morocco and Croatia? Again, like I said yesterday, because of the injuries that really affected the Moroccans, you know, I tend to say that the game will probably go the way of the Croatians. But bear in that, if the Moroccans, if all the injured people are able to recover on time, and we have them there, I think we have a good game on our hands, and it can either go right away. Like I said yesterday, the two teams are very, very disciplined, you know, and they said that to win the tournament, you have to have a very good defense. The two teams has exemplified that, that the fans win the tournament, and they are almost winning the tournament even for the last order that they couldn't overcome at the semifinal. But so far so good, I think they have shown that if you have a good organization, good defense, and there is that likelihood that you are going to win. And the two teams have, like I said, they have shown that. So we will just sit back and see what will happen. But again, as an African, I wish that Morocco will win, and it's my prayer that they will do win. But if we are looking at it without sentiment, and based on the quality of players that are available, I think the Croatians have it. Don't forget that the powerhouse of the Croatians have been their midfielder. If you look at their midfielder, you have Kosovik and Mosović, and the ever-hageless Madrid, you know, and it's a joy to have that kind of three midfielder, you know, they hold on to the ball, they keep possession. Even when they lost against Argentina, they were passing the midfielder. So for me, that's going to be very key. And I think if Morocco can neutralize the midfielder, the job is halfway done. But I pray as an African that Morocco will win. I pray as an African that Morocco will win. I wish that they will win. So I'm going to be looking for them today. Definitely, all Africans are waiting, and not just all Africans, all Arabs, perhaps because we know that the Moroccan side have a very strong alliance, strong ties with the Arabs who are with them. So it's now between the Africans' routines and the Arabs' routines for Morocco. With this, it's noted that perhaps the biggest footballing nation in Africa as the North Africans, the last edition, apart from the last edition, the one before Senegal won, we had them, Algeria, winning the nation's cup. When it comes to continental football, it's mostly the North Africans that would ace when it comes to continental cup, cup champions live and cup confiduation cup. I just want your opinion. What do you think the North Africans are doing in terms of sports that's making them are aid of other African teams, other section of them, the African that's the aid of the West African or the South African. In Morocco, even beyond football, in table tennis, in swimming, we have so much of the Egyptians and all that. What do you think the North Africans are doing in terms of sport that are aid of the other sectors of Africa? First of all, I'd like to differ a little bit on what you said in terms of the performance of African teams at the World Cup. Prior to this year's edition of the World Cup, all the previous teams that have gone beyond the second round in the World Cup has always been African teams, or if you want to say Central, Cameroon. We had, prior to now, we had about four African nations, Nigeria, Senegal, Cameroon that has, Senegal did it twice, that has gone beyond Ghana, that has gone beyond the second round and all of them have been West African teams, you understand. So, it's just only this edition that we have in Morocco that has gone beyond the second round and reached the semi-finals. But having said that, I think the question is why do they tend to do well? Well, the simple question, if you want me to just say simply, that maybe because they are near Europe and the rest of African countries, but jokes apart now, I think what is going for them is their league. They have very quality leagues, most of their quality players do not go abroad, except when they go abroad, they go to Europe or there, so they have the best of their players playing their trade at home. Because the leagues are well organized compared to some other African countries where the leagues are poorly organized, it's neither as quality for these or that. So, for me, the organization that the league that they brought about has manifested in their league is a very key factor. Again, the sponsorship of their leagues, the sponsorship that comes with their leagues, it's also a key factor. Here in Nigeria, the league is not even on the TV. I remember when I was going, I used to support me in Nigeria Bank. Nigeria Bank was based in Binning, and each time I tried to monitor Nigeria Bank using my grammar, translator, I have to tune in to monitor it. I was not forced. It was because of the love that I have for Nigeria Bank that I followed Nigeria Bank. And in those days, I would remember, I followed the Keshi deletes, the Binkeshi, Ozogula, Humphrey, Debo. Those are players that are applying their trade and their quality. Most of them, I remember in those days, the large chunk of NMP players forms the nucleus of the national team. But where are we today? The league is not interesting. We don't go to watch the league. I remember when I was growing up again, I used to go and watch the league, the stationery stores at UAC, this person, Teslim Balogun, and only comes to them. Nobody forced me to do that. I was doing that out of the love that I have for it. But now, the league is not that interesting. If you ask me, which team is even applying the flag of Debo State in the NPP, I would say, I would not go and that is the honest truth. Because the organization has been called. So if the organization is called, how would quality players come from that? So for me, it is because of their organization and their league. That's why the most of them, not often, they tend to do well. Even in Africa, let's say, even not to extend it beyond Africa. In Africa, in the Champions League, they are the one that usually triumph at the end of the season. But they are not able to reduce it. It is not that, if it is not that, the Egyptian players are going to be the Algerians or the Moroccans, their team that will triumph. So if it is the organization, this is how they have organized that league. Then the management, people do not, they put interest beyond personal interest. They put the national interest beyond personal interest. And that explains why they have been successful as well. Well said and I confirm to all what you said because articles and reports we see online from a confirmed source of media houses actually said the same thing in regards to the two sides. I don't want you to be on, definitely you won't have to be on the defense right now, being neutral in the prediction of who is going to win today's game between Morocco and Croatia. What's your prediction for today's game? Well, my prediction is that Croatia will win. But if you want me to predict this call, I might say 1-0. But I pray that my prediction will fail so that Morocco can win. If not because of the fact that I am an African. But if you want me to be very honest, I think Croatia will win 1-0. Okay, thank you very much. But don't forget you preview these games for us. Definitely obviously there will be another other person that is going to give us a review of the matches today and tomorrow and tell us why it's going the way it went. Perhaps in favor of your analysis or against your analysis. So just keep your time and let's don't forget that you also come back in the studio in few days time to tell us what happened at the top place much between Croatia and Morocco and the final between Argentina and France. So just keep it digital some few days time. Thank you very much for being part of today's show. Thank you that like I said, it's always been an honor for me to accept this invitation. I am quite honored. Thank you so much. I look forward to it as well. Thank you very much. Yes sir, we have been speaking with the general manager of Radio Lagos Equal Farm. We are talking about Laji De Lawa who has spent his life on so much football and other sports and he is a very, very veteran broadcaster.