In case you’re wondering what black magic is, it’s actually some spiritual forces that some players believe will help them succeed in their football career and be the most sought players in competitive leagues. Although, I know this may sound weird to some of us probably because we are hearing this for the first time. Don’t be surprised, it’s real. Just as some people believe in the Christian God to give them wealth, some actually believe in the Islam God to bring them fortune, and so on and so forth. Things like these are very common with African footballers and maybe some South American footballers. They seem to believe that to remain afloat in their football careers they need to be appease and make certain sacrifices to appease to the god of success to make them prevail in their football career.

In Africa here, it’s very common with Senegal, Mali and Congo footballers. Let me shed more light on this topic by reporting something bizzare that happened in a Rwanda Premier League In a heated match between two Kwanda Premier League teams, something bizzare happened that left both spectators and referees perplexed. A video footage showing a match between Mukura and Rayon Sports when Rayon, the away team were losing 1-0 to Mukura and every effort to score seemed impossible. Rayon striker can be seen dashing to the goal post to remove an object hidden inside the opponent’s post. To him, he felt some spiritual forces must have been hindering them from scoring in the match. This caused some a side show in the match and you can see Mukura goalkeeper and other players chasing Rayon striker. Barely three minutes after this side show, the the Rayon striker scored a goal and this caused a lot of controversies after the match.

The Rwanda football governing body decided to fine any player seen to take part in black magic with a 100,000 Rwandan Francs fine equivalent to $160. In a situation when the club has been involved, they will lose three points and face a fine of 2. 9million RWF equivalent to $4500Left for me, I don’t think there’s anywhere it has been scientifically proven that black magic can influence the performance of a match or player because I believe discipline, hard work and training determine the height a player will get to. If black magic really works in football, instead of Ronald and Messi being the world best, it should be African players. If it really works, Senegal, Mali and the likes should be winning World Cup every four years.