Winken:
Today's scoreline Cameroon 0 vs Nigeria 1 Goal to be scored in first half Red card for Cameroon in the 2nd half.

oya...gbefun!! Woli Agba

1wolex85:


Where was Rashidi Yekini during these qualifiers?

This was before we had FIFA free days. Clubs were not obliged to release their players at that time, so it was a big risk for them to come and play for Nigeria. Therefore we often shuffled our team. You can see that Ricky (who was the highest goal scorer in Portugal before Yekini) played for us in the Ibadan leg of the encounter. Henry Nwosu also couldn't play in the Yaoundé leg because he didn't have the permission of his club Asec Mimosa. Yekini was playing for Africa Sports at that time.

Muda Lawal the great..no wonder there's a market named after you here in Bauchi

That nations cup 2000 Final pain me no be small....

RexEmmyGee:
Wait o is it the Ali baba comedian

It's Baba Ali and that was his real name. He was footballer. Ali baba of today is a comedian and that's not his real name. Atunyota Alleluya Akpobome (sometimes written Akporobome) is his real name.

emeijeh:
We can never forget the day Ikpeba put his hands on his head, when we could have won that final

I was so mad that day, the referee no well at all, he saw the goal na.

I won't forget that ikpeba miss and the way he carried his hand on his head ,I literally died..memories i was just a young boy in jss2 ..

cameroun and ghana...Those were very hard nuts to crack back in the days...

I could remember the final of 2000, it was an emotional one. Kai Ikpeba fall hand sha...


But the 2004 victory over Cameroon was a perfectly sweet revenge

valnelly:


It's Baba Ali and that was his real name. He was footballer. Ali baba of today is a comedian and that's not his real name. Atunyota Alleluya Akpobome (sometimes written Akporobome) is his real name.

Thank you bro

valnelly:


It's Baba Ali and that was his real name. He was footballer. Ali baba of today is a comedian and that's not his real name. Atunyota Alleluya Akpobome (sometimes written Akporobome) is his real name.

Thanks bro

We could have got that cup if we had goal line technology back then..ikpeba also didn't help matters with his expression..

salford1:
cameroun and ghana...Those were very hard nuts to crack back in the days...

You should have seen what happened after that match against Ghana in 1992. I was feeling depressed so I left home. A terrible, brutal and bloody fight erupted not far from where I was and the fight occurred because of that match. It was one of the most depressing days of my life.

Abedi Pele admitted c2000 on a BBC Radio show that they knew that Nigeria were better than them (he listed all the stars on the Nigerian team) and that we played attacking football, so they decided to defend and hit Nigeria on the counter attack.

salford1:
cameroun and ghana...Those were very hard nuts to crack back in the days...

Anytime S.E beat those teams eeeh, my happiness no be small

valacious:
We could have got that cup if we had goal line technology back then..ikpeba also didn't help matters with his expression..

True....

I vividly remember US94 when most of the matches were played at midnight or past midnight.

To keep awake, i had to borrow kola nut and hot drink from elders to take.

The tension that built inside me while the matches were played, could kill an unborn baby in my womb- if i were to be a woman.

Nice compilation as usual, Naptu2.

Remember our duels with Cameroun at U20? The Biyik brothers, Mboma? The days of Andrew Uwe, Agu, etc?

Cameroun, Ghana, Senegal (almost got us out of 2000 CAN). Always epic!

really

johnie:
Nice compilation as usual, Naptu2.

Remember our duels with Cameroun at U20? The Biyik brothers, Mboma? The days of Andrew Uwe, Agu, etc?

Cameroun, Ghana, Senegal (almost got us out of 2000 CAN). Always epic!

And Ivory Coast between 1991-1994.

Remember that crazy semi-final against Ivory Coast at Tunisia '94 and the qualifiers against them in 1992/93?

History sandwiched wit so so valuable info, this guy weh don sir! I rmbr d final (2000)

adedayoa2:
I was so mad that day, the referee no well at all, he saw the goal na.

Yes he saw it, he would have awarded it if only Ikpeba protested or ran off celebrating.

Ghana is our real nemesis

Those year 2000 and 2004 matches are still fresh in my memory. Epic matches that kept us all at the edge of our seats sweating profusely The indomie generation will never relate

naptu2:



The Moroccan fans felt that Nigeria was being cheated and the ended up supporting Nigeria and booing Cameroon. Many Nigerians felt that the referee was biased against Nigeria because the new CAF president, Issa Hayatou, was Cameroonian.

This part is not entirely true.

Cameroon had beaten the host country Morocco in the semi final. They had been too physical and the North Africans couldn't cope with the aggression displayed by their opponents. This made the fans unhappy with Cameroon especially since it seemed they were fouling the Moroccans to disrupt their fluid style of play, which eventually paid of as Cameroon frustrated the hosts till late in the game when they scored the winner.

Hence it was only natural the host fans supported Nigeria in the finals. They booed the Cameroon anthem when it was played from the start.

And while the refereeing appeared suspect, it only added to the animosity. We lost in part due to conservative tactics byManfred Hoener who kept attacking players on the bench for more workmanlike defensive players. After our first game we didn't score more than once in a game. I remember Cameroon actually dominated play in both games we faced them in the tournament. Same for Egypt and Algeria though we were down to 10 men for a while in that semi final

But well done all the same. These brought back memories

naptu2:


And Ivory Coast between 1991-1994.

Remember that crazy semi-final against Ivory Coast at Tunisia '94 and the qualifiers against them in 1992/93?

How could I have left Ivory Coast out?

I remember that match!

Tiehi's shirt tugging celebration after his
goal against us and Ben Iroha's waltz into the net for our own goal.

Iroha, our left fullback came to our rescue.

The penalty shoot-out was epic!

A pregnant colleague of mine at work had to leave the area of the office where we were watching at a point- couldn't bear the tension.

Finidi cooly rolled in his penatly.

That was a match!

hoopLA:


This part is not entirely true.

Cameroon had beaten the host country Morocco in the semi final. They had been too physical and the North Africans couldn't cope with the aggression displayed by their opponents. This made the fans unhappy with Cameroon especially since it seemed they were fouling the Moroccans to disrupt their fluid style of play, which eventually paid of as Cameroon frustrated the hosts till late in the game when they scored the winner.

Hence it was only natural the host fans supported Nigeria in the finals. They booed the Cameroon anthem when it was played from the start.

And while the refereeing appeared suspect, it only added to the animosity. We lost in part due to conservative tactics byManfred Hoener who kept attacking players on the bench for more workmanlike defensive players. After our first game we didn't score more than once in a game. I remember Cameroon actually dominated play in both games we faced them in the tournament. Same for Egypt and Algeria though we were down to 10 men for a while in that semi final

But well done all the same. These brought back memories

And you ended up agreeing with me.

Well, I'll agree with you also. I've written on this site many times that I passionately hated Hoener, in part because of his team selection, but also because of his performance at Seoul '88.

Elxandre:
Isn't this celebration enough already?
Even when Germany destroyed Brazil 7-1, they weren't as mocked by the Germans like this.

Ah! This thread wasn't created to mock Cameroon o! In fact, take a look at the first post. It's about a match that Cameroon won and I praised a Cameroonian player.

naptu2:


And you ended up agreeing with me.

Well, I'll agree with you also. I've written on this site many times that I passionately hated Hoener, in part because of his team selection, but also because of his performance at Seoul '88.

I wasn't disputing anything with you bro.

Only giving my view on what I thought happened about the booing part. I havent disagreed with the post.
I only tried to give some insight into the booing part.

Hoener started Ndubuisi Okosieme and left Edobor on the bench. I remember Charles Ojugbana complaining about the team list before the game started and Fabio Olaonipekun mentioning it too during the game. A certain Folorunsho Okenla started that game.
Head scratching selection. Hoener was never a brave coach in terms of facing top African sides. He never did any research on those sides mainly because he spent very little time in Africa.

I remember Maroc 88 very well. I was in hospital for the duration of the tournament and saw all the games broadcast by NTA on a tv in the ward I was admitted to.

hoopLA:

I wasn't disputing anything with you bro.

Only giving my view on what I thought happened about the booing part. I havent disagreed with the post.
I only tried to give some insight into the booing part.

Hoener started Ndubuisi Okosieme and left Edobor on the bench. I remember Charles Ojugbana complaining about the team list before the game started and Fabio Olaonipekun mentioning it too during the game. A certain Folorunsho Okenla started that game.
Head scratching selection. Hoener was never a brave coach in terms of facing top African sides. He never did any research on those sides mainly because he spent very little time in Africa.

I remember Maroc 88 very well. I was in hospital for the duration of the tournament and saw all the games broadcast by NTA on a tv in the ward I was admitted to.

What I mean is that you started your post with, "This part is not entirely true.", but you didn't show that it's not true (in fact you agreed with it). What you did was to provide additional information (which I appreciate).

naptu2:


What I mean is that you started your post with, "This part is not entirely true.", but you didn't show that it's not true (in fact you agreed with it). What you did was to provide additional information (which I appreciate).

Please read through my post and see what I said about the part i quoted.

You claimed the booing was as a result of the officiating.
I told you it stemmed from the semifinal encounter prior.
We both agreed the final had controversial officiating.

What's so hard?

Wat channel are they playing on

Winken:
Today's scoreline
Cameroon 0 vs Nigeria 1
Goal to be scored in first half
Red card for Cameroon in the 2nd half.

Wonderful Combo!....