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Coping with a single chief of state is enough to make protocol officials nervous. Thus there was more than a little Israeli concern last week when four self-styled "Messengers of Peace"-Senegal's Poet-President Léopold Senghor, Cameroun's President Ahmadou Ahidjo, Nigeria's Chief of State Yakubu Gowon, and the Zaire Republic's President Joseph Mobutu-flew almost simultaneously into Lod International Airport outside Tel Aviv. They had been dispatched by the Organization of African Unity to help bring peace between Arabs and Israelis "by means of a dialogue," as Senghor...
...Since Nigeria has no professional leagues. Adedeji was playing with the best players in the country, and the knowledge he developed encompasses dimensions of soccer which the average American player is completely unaware...
Adedeji's recent scoring feats are eclipsed by his achievements in his home country of Nigeria. He was an inside forward on the 1968 Olympic team at the age of sixteen, and he scored in each of the qualifying matches until Brazil beat Nigeria, 2-0, to gain a berth in the quarterfinals at Mexico City...
...When I was playing in Nigeria. I was always conscious of the particular pattern of moves I was making. I had three or four completely different styles of play, and I used the one which was most effective against the type of team I was playing against. Now I do whatever comes into my head first. So far this season I have for the most part relied on only one or two tricks," Adedeji said...
Adedeji has been pleasantly surprised at how well this limited arsenal has been working. "These backs get involved with the slightest fake, and I have to smile when I think what would happen if I tried the same things back in Nigeria," he said...