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Remember The Nigeria Vs India Match? Here’s Everything You Should Know by smemud(m): 10:40am On Apr 30, 2015 |
Everything You Need To Know About The Nigeria Vs India Match Virtually everybody born before the invention of the internet must have heard the tale of a nonexistent football match between Nigeria and India that obviously took place in a parallel universe and somehow we got to hear the gory stories of that match. Though there are many variations of the story, every prevaricator seems to agree on a couple of facts about this fictional football match. Each storyteller agrees that; 1. This match ended with India scoring 99 goals and Nigeria scoring just one goal. 2. Nigerians where unable to kick the ball because the football kept turning to a lion (or something scary) to prevent them from playing the soccer ball. 3. The Indians later agreed that if Nigeria could score a goal, they would concede defeat 4. Samuel Okwaraji scored the winning goal and lost his life in the process. 5. FIFA banned India from soccer because they used black magic in that very game With the help of common sense (not that it was absent back then), quick access to information and the internet, every right thinking Nigerian has come to realize that such a story should be filled under “Blatant Lies”.
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Re: Remember The Nigeria Vs India Match? Here’s Everything You Should Know by smemud(m): 10:41am On Apr 30, 2015 |
Why Did This Story Thrive For So Long?
Most people like to pass off this story as true
with the fact that no one has ever seen India
in an International Football Match. Since no
one actually saw India participate in most
international soccer games, this gave a little
credence to the story. India
Another reason this lie could thrive for long
was the fact that credible information was not
readily available at our finger tips. It not like
every Emeka, Audu and Ojo could visit Google
in a matter of minutes and tell our ominous
fabricators that they should stop spreading
toxic lies.
And to be honest we have a tingling feeling
that this lie was concocted by an elder of a
community because, let’s be honest who
questions the words of the elders in Nigeria.
Remember, what an adult sees sitting down a
child will never see even if he consults Google,
Siri or Cortana.
The Element of Truth In This Story
On the 12th of August 1989, Nigeria lost Sam
Okwaraji.
Sam Okwaraji was the player rumored to have
lost his life in that game when in truth he died
during a FIFA World Cup qualifying game
against Angola in the 77th minute.
He collapsed and died of cognitive heart
failure. May his soul rest in Perfect Peace.
AMEN
So that is the only truthful thing about that
story, the fact that a Nigerian player died
during a football match. That’s it. The match
was not against India, we did not lose the
match and as you must have guessed, and
there were no lions either.
What Is The Deal With India Anyway?
India qualified for the 1950 FIFA world cup as
a result of the withdrawal of their scheduled
opponents. But the Indian football governing
body, the All India Football Federation (AIFF)
decided against going to the world cup, being
unable to understand the importance of the
event at that time.
Some of the Reasons shown by the AIFF
included the cost of travel, lack of practice
time, team selection issued and valuing the
Olympics over the FIFA World cup. It should
be noted that FIFA agreed to bear a major
part of the travel expenses, but it did not
really help their decision making.
Was India Banned For Refusing To Play
Barefoot?
No.
The 1948 London Olympics was India’s first
major international tournament, where a
predominantly barefoot Indian team lost 2 -1
to France.
Following the 1948 Olympics FIFA imposed a
rule banning barefoot play.
The belief that the Indian team refused to play
because they were not allowed to play
barefoot is not entirely true according to the
then team captain who said it was just a
story to cover the disastrous decision of the
AFIF.
After the 1950 fiasco, India has never come
close to qualifying for the World Cup.
The reason you do not see India in World Cup
competitions is because they do not qualify
So Does The Indian Team Wear Soccer Boots?
Yes.
In the 1952 Olympics, the Indian team lost 10
– 1 to Yugoslavia (talking about taking a
beating). As a result of this magnanimous
defeat the AIFF made it compulsory for its
team members to wear boots
Is it Possible to win a match with a 99 – 1
match margin?
Yes.
It is absolutely possible to rake 99 – 1 from a
single football match. Let’s take a walk down
memory lane and see how this is even
possible. Now allow us to digress.
The highest scoring soccer game was 149-0!
You’re probably wondering how a soccer team
could be so bad that they let 149 goals be
scored, but the truth is it was a form of
protest. The event occurred in 2002 after a
2-2 draw between rival teams Stade
Olympique de L’emyrne, or SOE, and AS
Adema of Madagascar, which resulted in the
referees awarding a penalty causing SOE to
lose the game.
During a match fixing debacle in Nigeria, the
Feeders scored 72 of their 79-0 victory in 45
minutes of play. Police Machine scored 61 of
their 67-0 victory in the second half. At one
point, they scored four goals in a minute.
Arbroath won Bon Accord 36 – 0 in 1885. It
held the largest margin of victory in
professional football where both sides wanted
to win.
So, yes, given the “right circumstances”, a
team could actually receive 99 – 1 beating
without any black magic whatsoever.
Did we miss something? Please be sure to let
us know in the comment section below
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Re: Remember The Nigeria Vs India Match? Here’s Everything You Should Know by Brymo: 10:56am On Apr 30, 2015 |
op, This is way too comprehensive. You should set some questions below, like d normal comprehension. Kidding bro. |
Re: Remember The Nigeria Vs India Match? Here’s Everything You Should Know by Chukkasy(m): 11:31am On Apr 30, 2015 |
misleading topic, i came to read what happened when Nigeria played India, only to see this long epistle |
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