African Entrepreneurship Record

Vienna.

Danube Food Industrial Park.

The construction site is full of workers, and two hardened roads extending from the park to Vienna's main city and port are being built.

"Today, everyone will try to finish the last fifty meters, and then you can go to rest." The supervisor said to the workers as he looked at the getting dark sky.

When the workers who had been busy for a day heard that it was finally coming to an end, they inadvertently started to speed up the construction in order to have a hot meal early.

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in East Africa.

Nairobi City, Ontario Village.

"Figo, pass the ball over quickly." Mars shouted to his teammates.

Hearing the shout, Figo turned around and kicked a leather football behind him.

"then!"

I saw a strong figure coming quickly towards the football. Mars stopped the rolling football with his feet, headed towards the unguarded right side, and drove the ball towards the opposite side.

"Damn it, stop him quickly." Antonio roared at the team members.

The three members of the Jacob Village team hurriedly returned to the empty area behind for support.

However, it was too late. As if Mars was in a deserted place, he deceived the three people who came to intercept him behind him with a fake move.

He didn't forget to turn around and shout to the three of them: "Goodbye, little cuties!"

As he spoke, he took the ball and rushed towards the local goal.

The goalkeeper looked at Mars coming towards him and had already begun to predict the direction of Mars' shot.

The other players from Jacob's Village were unable to respond in time and could only watch as Mars attacked his own goal alone.

Mars made an emergency stop and made a smooth transition. At this time, the football was hanging in the air according to its inertia. Mars found the right direction, jumped up, and fired a volley towards the right side of the goal.

Everyone on and off the court held their breath to see if the ball would succeed.

In the blink of an eye, the football was already heading towards the goal. The moment Mars kicked the ball, Jacobs Village goalkeeper Soles rushed towards the right side of the goal. The football hit Soles hard. in his arms.

"Yeah!" Mars roared with gritted teeth as he looked at the intercepted football.

"Another failed shot. This is Mars' third shot today. Unfortunately, he was not very lucky and was blocked by Soles." A villager from the village of Andalo commented.

"I think this ball is very good, with almost no mistakes, and it also goes towards the goal without going out of bounds. The main problem is that the weather has been relatively humid recently. The ball is sewn with boar skin and absorbs a lot of moisture, so It looks bulky, which is why Mars’ shot cannot pose a threat to Soles,” said another villager.

"That's true. I haven't taken this ball out to dry in the sun recently. I estimate it is at least one-third heavier than a month ago. If it had been left to dry in the sun before, it would have flown faster and the goalkeeper would have been too late to defend. .”

Men, women and children from Ontario Village and Jacobs Village came to watch the game, and almost everyone had something to say about football.

As the largest sport in the East African colonies, football was popular in almost every village.

During leisure time, playing an exciting football match is a rare treat for East Africans who lack entertainment activities. Therefore, football has almost become a national sport in East Africa.

The reason why East Africa has popularized football is that it has unique conditions. The most important thing in East Africa is land. There are many open spaces. The grass is very suitable for playing football. The soft soil can effectively prevent injuries.

Moreover, football goals and footballs are very easy to solve. The goals can be replaced by stones or two lines, while East African footballs are made of various animal skins and soft fillings.

There are quite a lot of animal skins in East Africa, and they come in all kinds. They are the selfless contributions of grassland animals. Many of them are also sold to Europe by the East African colonies. The best lion skins and crocodile skins are very popular in Europe, and the prices are very high. And the profits are also very high.

Moreover, as a team sport, football is very competitive, confrontational and highly entertaining. Especially in East Africa, the football rules are quite imperfect and there is no unified standard, leaving players with a lot of room for free play. Many players have their own exclusive tips.

There are all kinds of fancy kicking methods, which have created many classic kicking methods that are talked about. If East African football matches were placed in Europe, it would not be surprising to see hundreds of mistakes in one game.

However, the current rules of East African football are basically no rules, and its entertainment significance is far greater than competition.

After all, the villagers just wanted to have fun. As long as they didn't use force, they could hold the ball in their hands and kick it as they wanted.

There are not many restrictions on the number of players on the field. As long as both sides are equal, the two sides can theoretically have a hundred-man battle.

In East Africa, almost every region has its own set of football rules, which are the result of everyone's agreement.

In such a chaotic football order, each village plays its own game. If neighboring villages want to have a friendly match, they have to temporarily formulate a set of rules that everyone can accept before the game.

Of course, a very small number of European immigrants have been exposed to regular football, but the number is very limited. After all, most immigrants come from rural areas, and football is only relatively popular in the UK now. In this era, not many civilians can pay attention to sports.

Therefore, the popularity of East African football was indispensable without the promotion of Ernst. Ernst has always attached great importance to the time arrangement of East African immigrants, that is, he should not let them be too busy and find more things for them to do.

Football is very suitable for promotion. Since the materials and venues are readily available, all regions can hold a few games at fixed times every week.

With more exposure, immigrants will gradually start to enjoy this sport at other times and will spontaneously play football in their free time.

Moreover, it is the kind where men, women, and children participate. The immigrants from East Africa are generally relatively young, and the older ones are not much older.

Children in the compulsory education stage will receive football education in schools. There are quite a lot of physical education classes in East Africa, because textbooks, teaching materials, teaching aids, etc. all cost money. Children in East Africa do not learn many knowledge points, so some local schools almost One-third of the courses are physical education, which has become the easiest course to popularize.

Compared with boring activities such as running and long jump, football is obviously more popular among children.

As the whistle blows.

The friendly match between Ontario Village and Jacobs Village ended. In the end, Ontario Village won the game with a slight advantage of 6 to 5. According to local rules, the two sides shook hands and said goodbye.

"Soles, you have to be careful next time. I am not in good condition today. I will kick three goals in the next game." Mars said while holding Soles' hand.

"Haha, I'll wait and see next time." Soles chuckled.

"You kid!" Mars gave Solace a tap on the shoulder, and then both of them laughed.