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”.

The story, although false, still made us proud of our national football team - the Super Eagles of Nigeria.

We considered Samuel Okwaraji a demigod. But the version I heard was that it was Rasheed Yekini who kicked the rock and the Indian keeper ran for his dear life as he saw the big rock and Yekini's boot flying towards him.

Nollywood has got a movie idea to make manifest. Lol!

God bless Nigeria(ns).

please ooo nobody should desecrate the memory i have of okparaji oooo. lie or not okparaji sha die .
but seriously whoever started dat story is a very goof story teller ooo. my primary school went on an excursion to the national stadium and we were shown a slab erected in his honour but they xd dats his grave(i dont tink m gonna believe dey buried him in a stadium) anyways....we all looked at the thing like it was some kind of shrine wia a god resides.

this doesnt stop me from telling my kids too how india finished nigeria oo and d heroic goal of okparaji let dem find out how ridiculous it is demselves .