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Abujafood: Mine would be;

Yekini and Kanu in Attack

Mid-field

Amunike left wing
Finidi George Right Wing
Okocha (Central Mid field)
Oliseh (Defensive mid field)

Defence

Left wing (Babayaro)
Right wing (Yobo)
Central (Uche Okechukwu and Taribo west)

Eyeama would be a better choice for goal keeper to Rufai

The rest of your team is very sensible but that bolded part is sinful. You deserve a sucker punch

Its like your memory ony stretches back to France '98. Did you see Maroc '88 and USA '94 at all ? Even Enyeama sef go bow.


Comparing Enyeama to Rufai is like comparing Abu Qaqa to Osama bin laden - You dey kwaze

^^^
He probably got to watch Rufai when he was already on the decline. Old age things.

pak:



The rest of your team is very sensible but that bolded part is sinful. You deserve a sucker punch

Its like your memory ony stretches back to France '98. Did you see Maroc '88 and USA '94 at all ? Even Enyeama sef go bow.


Comparing Enyeama to Rufai is like comparing Abu Qaqa to Osama bin laden - You dey kwaze

The penalty kicks at the semi-finals of Maroc '88 were like madness! I would say that in the late '80s/early '90s the only keepers that came close to Rufai in Africa were Edward Ansah of Ghana and Joseph Antoine Bell of Cameroun. Rufai is a legend!

Before France '98 NFA officials did not want Rufai to make it to the world cup. His name was not in the initial list. He was on his way to the Carribeans for his holiday when the NFA called him back. Ike Shorunmu had an injury, so Rufai was called in as replacement. The rest is history.

Nightshift: Eagles best defence must have Yisa Shofoluwe, Bright Omokaro, Christain Chukwu (Stephen Keshi), with Emmanuel Okalla as goalkeeper.

Bright Omokaro, Ademola Adeshina, Sunday Eboigbe (and even Augustine Eguavon) were 'agberos', old school defenders. Butchers masqueraded as footballers.

Yisa Shofoluwe came about 20 years before his time. he was at that time consistently blamed for his laissez faire attitude as a defender, when in actual fact he was a modern wing back who played before the game evolved.

Wouldn't have been out of place in today's champion's league

There was a time that I would be gripped with fear anytime I saw Eguavoen's name on the team list. His name invokes the fear of red card.

Does anyone remember ABBEY GEORGE?

That Half-caste Albino wasn't half sh1t for us...

@ the risk of sounding like a derailer . . . . .

To Naptu et al, I have created a sister thread for a world list.

https://www.nairaland.com/1131628/behold-greatest-football-team-ever

I'll also like you to drop your comments. My first team

pak:


Bright Omokaro, Ademola Adeshina, Sunday Eboigbe (and even Augustine Eguavon) were 'agberos', old school defenders. Butchers masqueraded as footballers.

Yisa Shofoluwe came about 20 years before his time. he was at that time consistently blamed for his laissez faire attitude as a defender, when in actual fact he was a modern wing back who played before the game evolved.

Wouldn't have been out of place in today's champion's league

Those defenders you call "Agberos" were Eagles best in Nigeria's best world cup outing. Such are the kind of defenders who have made Italian defence the most dreaded, and the one everyone tries to emulate. Those '94 Eagles defence were well organized and tactical.

in Garba Lawal,we had a Ryan Giggs

naptu2:

Iroha was wonderful in that game Nigeria v Ivory Coast @ Tunisia '94. He took out Michel Basole without getting a red card and even scored a goal. I lost my voice on that day.

Michel Basole.... that man's face and goal celebration is ingrained to my brain. The guy almost finished naijeria for that semi final match....dat match wasn't funny at all.

naptu2: There was a time that I would be gripped with fear anytime I saw Eguavoen's name on the team list. His name invokes the fear of red card.

Haha, and he actually lived up to his name against Italy in USA 94.

Nightshift: Those defenders you call "Agberos" were Eagles best in Nigeria's best world cup outing. Such are the kind of defenders who have made Italian defence the most dreaded, and the one everyone tries to emulate. Those '94 Eagles defence were well organized and tactical.

Are you that young ?
Of all the defenders mentioned above, only Eguavon was at the USA '94 world cup and how much did that cost us ?

one, he made a reckless challenge that mistakenly fetched an innocent Sunday Oliseh, a yellow card argentina.

two, and the most bitter, He just couldn't resist the wrestlemania urge in extra time against Italy so much so He pulled down an italian attacker in the box, the rest is history, Baggio scored the penalty and Nigeria was out of the mundial.

Please get your facts right

idinc: in Garba Lawal,we had a Ryan Giggs

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pak:

Are you that young ?
Of all the defenders mentioned above, only Eguavon was at the USA '94 world cup and how much did that cost us ?

one, he made a reckless challenge that mistakenly fetched an innocent Sunday Oliseh, a yellow card argentina.

two, and the most bitter, He just couldn't resist the wrestlemania urge in extra time against Italy so much so He pulled down an italian attacker in the box, the rest is history, Baggio scored the penalty and Nigeria was out of the mundial.

Please get your facts right

I still stand by my original pick - Shofoluwe, Omokaro, Chukwu, Keshi and Okalla. The other duo you mentioned were well known for their hard tackle during their days at New Nigeria Bank FC. Austin (whom you castigate) played well for Nigeria. If he was bad, i don't think he would have made it far. Moreover, a successful defence must be hard on attackers somewhat. As i have written, Italians combine their ruggedness in defence with tactical brilliance. Are you refuting that as well? Germans are also another example... Was it not Finidi who naively gave Italians the winning penalty in '94? He tackled an Italian from behind in the 18 yard box.

YOBO AND BABAYARO HAVE GOT NO BUSINESS IN THAT SQUAD

pak:


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ON POINT BROS

Why is oladimeji lawal missing in d list.

what would really make me happy is if people would compile their lists, rather than simply criticising others' lists. Like I said, Nigeria is blessed with abundant talent, so I would like to see who would be removed from the list and who would be added.

Reminds me of 1994 when Victor Ikpeba claimed that Clemens Westerhof hated him, that's why he always started him on the bench. I wondered who he thought he could bench, Amunike or Yekini.

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