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”.


http://gistdomain.com/remember-the-nigeria-vs-india-match-that-ended-99-1-heres-everything-you-should-know/

Mum told me n' ma brothers the story..
Buh serzly oparaji died in the match or after the match?

Hehe I can't forget this story. Not only blatant lie na Irò Banta Banta

Thats one of the evidence of been born in d dark era......when fables and tales were premium channels of entatainment

That story did go a long way but am not sure India heard about this history making faable about them...

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Pinkiedearie:
Mum told me n' ma brothers the story..

Buh serzly oparaji died in the match or after the match?

lol... First of all the match between India and Nigeria never took place. Okwaraji died in a different match
a world cup qualifier against Angola on August 12 1989.



He died of a congestive heart failure at the National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos state.