toprealman:
your dad must be a jolly good fellow

naptu2:
It's 25 years since the BBC World Service annoyed me.

I muted the TV and listened to commentaries on the BBC World Service Radio. The commentators were clearly supporting the Zambians. I don't know if it was because the Zambians were the underdogs or if it was because of the plane crash, but it annoyed me.

It also gave me greater satisfaction when we eventually won the match and the cup.


Nigeria 2-1 Zambia.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cueBaHkzKhA

DEHVEHLOP:
Good to hear that the teams had more Yoruba players than any other tribe...











Mutiu Adepoju, Rashidi Yekini And so on

Boyooosa:


This happened when 80% or 90% of the team were local players and even some were recruited from eleruku field if u know what i mean but if not, ask that guy with d mic gan gan or better still, u can searcj for this on google; I picked oliseh from gutter, by westerhof. He did not intend to dehumanize oliseh but was only expressing how it feels to build a team of such magnimous and fantastic outing/performance.
They tagged them from Grass to Grace!

naptu2:

Talknochip:
Good event by NFF.... If you (ever) play street football or any other one, you will understand what Oliseh said about 'Fight' with Okocha.. Mehn, there is always that one player that loves to dribble, loves holding the ball and annoys everybody including the opponent.. Sometimes, you will be tempted to join the opponents to attack him too..

naptu2:
This game was very important to me because it helped me overcome a bereavement.


Richard Owubokiri was the highest goal scorer in the Portuguese league in 1992 and Rashidi Yekini was the highest goal scorer in Portugal in 1993/1994, so I wanted to see both of them play together.

Many Nigerians believed that Owubokiri's style did not suit the Super Eagles, but I wasn't so sure, so I wanted to see him play.


This was the first ever match between Nigeria and South Africa. It took place at the National Stadium in Lagos on October 10, 1992.


Owubokiri scored the first goal via a header.

Samson Siasia extended our lead.

Rashidi Yekini then scored 2 goals to extend the lead. Samson Siasia controlled an incredibly high ball in order to provide the assist for the 4th goal. It ended

Nigeria 4-0 South Africa.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W43TVG676Sg

mapet:


I can't remember and I still don't understand how Rikky (Richard Owubokiri) got excluded from the team subsequently.

johnie:
Wonderful speech by Oliseh.

They couldn't have picked a better person to give it.

That team remains the best Nigeria has ever produced.

I agree that a street should be named after the squad in every street, no matter if the street is fine or not.

Kudos to NFF for this honour.

Sad that Keshi, Uche Okafor, Rashidi Yekini, Thompson Oliha, and Wilfred Agbonavbare are no longer with us.


the team achieved the highest FIFA ranking position ever achieved by an African football team. (fifth) incidentally in April 1994 - exactly 25 years ago.

Clemens Westerhof and the Babangida regime deserve credible mentions for their role in developing the team.

Westerhof was given enough time to work on the team despite the early challenges the team faced.

Westerhof took charge of the team immediately after losing the Italia '90 World Cup ticket to Cameroon, taking the team to the finals of the Algiers '90 Nations Cup and four years later winning the Tunisia '94 Natiins Cup and getting the team into the second round of USA'94 World Cup.


The support for Westerhof and the team by the government, in my opinion, was unprecedented.

I don't recall Babangida being at the stadium to watch any match but Admiral Augustus Aikhomu was always there.

Air Commodore Emeka Omerua (the comedienne Chigurl's father) was sports minister then.

I've always wondered why airforce officers were put in charge of the sports ministry in those days - Omeruah, Bayo Alfa, Anthony Ikhazobor.

Thinking back now, I just realised that all of this was in the midst of the June 12 saga. Hmm...

pimper24:
what's That's that gibberish Super Eagles street and so on as recognition. While talking about Rashidi and Keshi, I expected an Eulogy of some sort , or Sunday didn't know they d passed on? Why not talk of immortalizing those great guys rather than all those funny details

YesNo:
That was 25 furrrrrrrrking years ago and thats what we are holding on to as one of the biggest football nations in Africa.

I get am before no be property

naptu2:

johnie:
1994 World Cup team list


1 Peter RUFAI
Goalkeeper 24 August 1963

2 Augustine EGUAVOEN
Defender 19 August 1965

3 Ben IROHA
Defender 29 November 1969

4 Stephen KESHI
Defender 23 January 1962

5 Uche OKECHUKWU
Defender 27 September 1967

6 Chidi NWANU
Defender 1 January 1967

7 Finidi GEORGE
Forward 15 April 1971

8 Thompson OLIHA
Midfielder 4 October 1968

9 Rasheed YEKINI
Forward 23 October 1963

10 Jay Jay OKOCHA
Midfielder 14 August 1973

11 Emmanuel AMUNEKE
Midfielder 25 December 1970

12 Samson SIASIA
Forward 14 August 1967

13 Emeka EZEUGO
Defender 16 December 1965

14 Daniel AMOKACHI
Forward 30 December 1972

15 Sunday OLISEH
Midfielder 14 September 1974

16 Alloy AGU
Goalkeeper 12 July 1967

17 Victor IKPEBA
Forward 12 June 1973

18 Efan EKOKU
Forward 8 June 1967

19 Michael EMENALO
Defender 14 July 1965

20 Uche OKAFOR
Defender 8 August 1967

21 Mutiu ADEPOJU
Midfielder 22 December 1970

22 Wilfred AGBONAVBARE
Goalkeeper 5 October 1966

WESTERHOF Clemens (NED)
Coach

deltateam:
True Okocha was one of the best dribblers Nigeria ever had, he could dribble the players one by one and even the goal keeper but he wasn't a great finisher. He would kick the ball wide over the post and spit away. In fact his saliva decorated every pitch he ever played on.

Guys I lie?

SamOyovwi:
I think something should also be printed in the jersey representing the 94 team to motivate them too. They should go ahead to win it for a memorable remembrance

naptu2:

Shibaraba:

Like no other. He sees life as fun. Nothing gets him serious. Loved the eagles so much he travelled with them to Atlanta. When he returned he had lost his voice. He couldn't speak for weeks. He don shout die. During all those match adverts if them show one fat man with big belly its 90% probability that its my dad. I get to school the next day to hey I saw your dad. Never seen a fan so attached than my dad. Maybe because he was related to Best Ogedegbe

toprealman:
Hope you inherited his "big belly".....
U sef de like U no go like am for wahala ....bless Ur papa man. I for like buy drink for am

DEHVEHLOP:
Good to hear that the teams had more Yoruba players than any other tribe...go school and get sense u no gree. Tribal bigot











Mutiu Adepoju, Rashidi Yekini And so on

Shibaraba:

Thanks man. If you dey ipaja axis make I buy you small drink

naptu2:


It was the same issue with Jonathan Akpoborire in 1998. I felt that Owubokiri should have gone to USA 94 and Akpiborire should have gone to France 98, but many Nigerians claimed that their style of play did not suit the Super Eagles (meanwhile they were banging in goals at their clubsides).

toprealman:
buzz me Ur number

Shibaraba:
check your inbox

deltateam:
The problem is not allowing our young players to develop properly but promoting them to senior team immediately they show slight promise.

Another reason is politics and godfatherism in football. Lack of funds and mismanagement.

naptu2:
June 3rd, 1993 on the "beautiful" pitch of the National Stadium in Lagos (sarcasm).

The Algerians scored first.

Jay Jay Okocha equalised via a free kick goal.


Yekini put us in the lead via a goal off a corner (his technique was very good).

Yekini extended the lead via a spectacular goal (check out the angle from which he scored that goal!)


Daniel Amokachi scrambled in the fourth goal to make it


Nigeria 4-1 Algeria.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFQ06Wu1y3o