{"id":88219,"date":"2023-08-01T20:45:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T20:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=88219"},"modified":"2023-08-01T20:45:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T20:45:51","slug":"voodoo-in-african-football-gernot-rohr-recounts-bewitched-towels-and-ministerial-kickabouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=88219","title":{"rendered":"Voodoo in African Football: Gernot Rohr Recounts Bewitched Towels and Ministerial Kickabouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORTO-NOVO, Benin \u2013 Gernot Rohr, immediate past Super Eagles manager and current coach of Benin Republic\u2019s national football team, has shared intriguing anecdotes about his experiences as a European coach in Africa. From \u2018bewitched\u2019 towels to unanticipated appearances of government officials, his journey reveals a glimpse into the captivating world of African football&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrentonline.com\/voodoo-in-african-football-gernot-rohr-recounts-bewitched-towels-and-ministerial-kickabouts\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PORTO-NOVO, Benin \u2013 Gernot Rohr, immediate past Super Eagles manager and current coach of Benin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/88219-voodoo-in-african-football-gernot-rohr-recounts-bewitched-towels-and-ministerial-kickabouts.jpg",1000,562,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/88219-voodoo-in-african-football-gernot-rohr-recounts-bewitched-towels-and-ministerial-kickabouts-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/88219-voodoo-in-african-football-gernot-rohr-recounts-bewitched-towels-and-ministerial-kickabouts-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/88219-voodoo-in-african-football-gernot-rohr-recounts-bewitched-towels-and-ministerial-kickabouts-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/88219-voodoo-in-african-football-gernot-rohr-recounts-bewitched-towels-and-ministerial-kickabouts.jpg",640,360,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/88219-voodoo-in-african-football-gernot-rohr-recounts-bewitched-towels-and-ministerial-kickabouts.jpg",1000,562,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/88219-voodoo-in-african-football-gernot-rohr-recounts-bewitched-towels-and-ministerial-kickabouts.jpg",1000,562,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/88219-voodoo-in-african-football-gernot-rohr-recounts-bewitched-towels-and-ministerial-kickabouts.jpg",1000,562,false],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/88219-voodoo-in-african-football-gernot-rohr-recounts-bewitched-towels-and-ministerial-kickabouts-825x562.jpg",825,562,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/88219-voodoo-in-african-football-gernot-rohr-recounts-bewitched-towels-and-ministerial-kickabouts-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=40\" rel=\"category\">Africa<\/a>","tag_info":"Africa","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/88220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}