Witchcraft and foreign soccer: Don’t put in blender
Congo Nation! Oww oww owwwwwww!
Athletes go to extraordinary measures to ensure a win, whether it’s spending that extra time in the weight room, grabbing the syringe to inject juice into the buttox, or even wearing the timeless rally cap.
Some are so confident that they even make guarantees (hey, Anthony Smith!). But in the creativity department, the country of Congo has everyone beat.
During one of those soccer matches that foreigners love, a player actually attempted to use witchcraft to win à la Salem, Mass., circa 1692.
Nyuki club was losing to local rivals Socozaki on Sunday when Nyuki’s goalkeeper advanced up the field and tried to use “fetishist” spells to turn the tide of the match, Okapi said, without giving more details.
When a police commander tried to break up an ensuing brawl between rival players, members of the crowd pelted him with rocks, the radio added.
End result? At least 11 were killed in the ensuing riot.