If you watched Nigeria play the World Cup at France 98, you would have noticed that there was not really a Super Eagles but what looked like a group of players randomly picked to wear the jerseys of the country.
The France 98 World train started with Shaibu Amodu as coach, but he was sacked after a draw at Kenya, replaced with Monday Sinclair who was in turn dropped for Phillipe Troussier.

Troussier qualified Nigeria for the World Cup with one game in hand, the away one against Guinea which Nigeria lost 1-0, but the problems with the team started just before that encounter.

Jonathan Akpoborie was a member of that team then missed the World Cup in France even though he was joint top scorer in the European Cup Winners Cup that year as his team, VfB Stuttgart got to the final.

Akpoborie insists that there was so much politics in the Super Eagles leading to the World Cup in France that he decided on his own not to be part of the charade.

Read his interview with Nigerian Footballer here - http://nigerianfootballer.com/2020/06/former-super-eagles-striker-reveals-how-politics-personal-interest-played-huge-role-at-the-world-cup.html

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