Nigeria made a big impact in the 1990s, but have failed to build on their golden era. Ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, Jay-Jay Okocha spoke to German broadcaster DW about his glory days and the current Super Eagles team.

DW: Nigeria was labelled the ‘Dream Team’ after winning gold at the summer olympics in Atlanta in 1996. What changed after that achievement?

Ja-Jay Okocha: Nobody was expecting us to do very well because we didn’t have the best preparation but as individuals we stuck together and said let’s just try and see how far we can go. Lucky for us we won it and since then we are like heroes in Nigeria. Some of us got stadiums named after us. We were (treated) like Presidents you know. We got the highest reception you could ever think of. After that there was pressure was on the next generation to then repeat that achievement, but they failed.

More on the interview: https://www.naijiant.com/sports/africa-cup-of-nations-2019-i-expect-nigeria-to-win-it-all-says-super-eagles-legend-jay-jay-okocha/

sentiments aside these guys lack a better goal poacher