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Icon4s:
I can identify with what elyte89 is saying.

Most homes did not have satellite TVs in the 1990s. All the champions league games I watched back then in Lagos was on AIT. I don't think any station showed EPL games live.

I think it's true, my first real experience of European football was 1999/2000, the rothmans show on nta, mitv also showed some selected epl games, nta showed UCL games every Tues and Wed night.

elyte89:
All dis guys claiming to watch and comprehend what's going on in a match baffles me

I was in primary 4 when Brazil and France played in 98 world cup ,na small remain make we c ,I was 9month old when amokachi scored a beautiful goal against greece ,trying to clinch on d oldies

I no sabi as una dey understand dis games o,at Dt tender age...I bet most of u at DT age bracket watched replay and not d real match ,make una no dey whine us for here


Aw primary 4 piking of DT time comprehend each persons name, position, style of play as at den ,me I no believe o ,kids I.Q den where not as high as today's kid,a kid of 3years can operate i-pad conveniently .


I knew what was football during Atlanta 96,though I can't really comprehend d rules and regulation @ age 7

I didn't watch most games,because I was too naive to understand d rules,d game time wereearly part in d morning,games where played around 11pm,12am,1am,2am.d rules den for kids generally was to sleep after dinner,Max by 9pm,I dey bed
Only my my siblings who re older would go out in d middle of d night to watch games at a popular joint where dey own a generator set...generator set den was very expensive and not to popular among d masses

So abeg in a nutshell,if u re not up to age 13-15years during 94 world cup and 96 Atlanta tourney,stop analysing matches for us

I was 9/10 years old in 98, I knew names but I don't know position or tactics, so the games I watched in 98 I still remember some of the scorers and scoreline

Humility017:
the first world cup I ever watched in full was the korea/Japan world cup...
in that tournament after the exit of nigeria....Italy became myfavorite team..
I watched how Del Pedro...equalised for Italy against Mexico...he came up from the bench... In that tournament...my excitement was to watch the likes of del Pedro play being the highest paid world player then and figo was the world best....
the Nigeria goal...against Sweden caused jubilation in school then...I was still in primary school then... everyone shouted and was so excited only for my class teacher to report to us we lost the match afterwards.....I was sad all through that day.

prior the Nigeria match against England...I severally asked my senior cousins and many other senior football lovers...on the possibility of nigeria still making the round of 16.... my cousin told me even should we beat the English team 100 nil we won't qualify... I was so sad....all through.
I had to start root for Italy... the Koreans were the cheats of that tournament.... only God knows how they made it to the semi-finals.... they defeated the Italians with the golden goal rule....
and beat the Spaniards in penalties...with goals from Spain disallowed during the hour mark for off sides....

Senegal almost made the quarter final..by beating turkey if not for selflessness ib the part of the players.... they played Turkey to a stand still that day...even had goals disallowed.... prior to Turkish last minute goal.... that tourney was Turkey first world cup...and only world cup they have qualified for....

I still remember ronaldiho goal against England...which topped the head of English goalkeeper seaman... former arsenal and man city goal keeper....

I remember the spree of goals Uruguay and Senegal game which ended 3 all draw... Senegal was a beast team in that tourney....

I remember the whopping of Saudi Arabia by the German team 8 nil first time I got to know of players like klose and ballack...
afterwards cameroon manage win the Saudi's by 1 nil courtesy of Samuel eto goal....
that tourney was one I will never forget... the majestic stadiums and buildings in the cities of Japan and south Korea were second to none....

I rememeber the fastest goal was scored by the Turkish captain 11 seconds against south Korea I have forgotten his name...though i still remember Hassan sas.
I still remember
that world cup signed my interest in football...

Senegal vs Turkey was the quarterfinals, Turkeys goal was a golden goal, their captain who scored the fastest goal is Hakan Sukur

Triniti:
that Brazil vs Holland semi final match was the real reason I started watching football, to even think I was forced by an older cousin to stay put and watch. It was the game changer for me

hmmmm, I remember that game, it was the day MKO Abiola died, I was in primary 4 then. my dad came back to announce to us that Lagos was boiling, he tuned in to BBC Radio immediately where we confirmed, omo I no go school the following day, but my brother writing his junior waec went even though my mum's mind wasn't at rest. nostalgic feelings

TheGoodJoe:

I am also expecting a brilliant 2018 World Cup. My eyes are on Pogba, Greizmann, Messi, Kevin De Bruyne, Lukaku, Kroos, Marcelo, Gabriel Jesus (I feel he might come of age in this tournament), Neymar has to make a big statement if he would align among the stars of the game, David Silva needs to go out with a bang and many more. I want Fireworks.

and I think there will be upset too, I'm tipping England (if their first round exit will count as an upset), Portugal and Argentina as major casualties

tbaba1234:
Haha, Kamala was no Ugandan... I felt betrayed when i learnt that. He lost his legs a few years back. Roddy roddy piper, noise maker with his skirt..

i felt like I've been cheated all these years when I knew wrestling na fake, I don't even watch it again. wrestling used to be my best sport after football but these days when I see it on TV, what I see are adult fooling themselves

gamaliel9:
Salvatore `Toto` Schillaci.....from prison to world cup...six goals ...after the world cup...The End.

My most exciting world cup remains 1994 because of wonderful football played by un unbelievable assemblage NATURALLY ENDOWED TEAMS AND PLAYERS

Maradona...Armando....there is something that makes him different from Messi.....mentality and off the field social behaviour....Messi can never top him...even if he wins a world cup...there is that ting of madness in Diego,something that attracts you about his person...an exciting streak in him...it is not in messi who is about goals and dribble

This is why Mohammed Ali is the greatest sports person ever..not only in boxing...He had a ting of madness...off the field socio-polico disposition that attracts everyone including the US army..hehe

I think you have mistaken Schillachi with Paulo Rossi, I think it was Rossi that went to jail for match fixing

Mujtahida:
As a child I never liked watching football. I recall that NTA used to show football on Saturdays. I never was quite interested. Na USA Champions (wrestling with people like Mike O'hayes, the Mangoes, Kamala the Ugandan Giant, Sergeant slaughter, Roddy Piper Andrew the Giant, Mighty Igor, Jimmy Superfly before it became WWF) na im dey interest me.

Only thing that struck me then in football and was a wonder to my childish mind was how footballers could give long passes and locate the others on the pitch. The thing was a mystery to me.

My interest began to pick up during the miracle of Daman. Then I remembered watching our Afcon qualifying against Angola in 1989 in which Okwaraji slumped and we later heard he died. I still remember say na for dem Ogbonna house I watch that match.

Then my interest died again. Wrestling with all them Hulk Hogan, Warrior, Undertaker, Briefcase etc continued to hold me spellbound.

Japan 93 I picked up again. Then Tunisia 94 I started following the SE as a matter of passion. I watched only the final for one black and white TV and it wasn't clear. I no send. USA 94 I didn't watch any of the matches cos we had moved out of the Airforce Base and there was no power supply where we were. But I was following proceedings. After that tournament I became so intensely passionate about football ehn, my appetite was huge(but I didn't like our local league and still don't). I started watching the premiership then sponsored by Rothmans of Pall mall. Overmars, Bergkamp, Seaman were in Arsenal, Andy Cole, Paul Scholes, Peter Schiemechel were in Man U, Paul Ince and Robbie Fowler were in Liverpool, Andre Flo and Vialli were in Chelsea, zola was in Aston villa and Ginola was in Tottenham.

By France 98 I was already so deep and I watched almost all the matches, often going far away from home to watch matches so that in school one will not be left out of the gist. I will never forget Bergkamp's divine control bringing the ball down from a De Boers' long pass, turning the on rushing Ayala aside and twisting the ball over the head of a hapless Roa who stood transfixed. It was in extra time. Holland won 1-0.and then Kluivert's killer header to equalise against Brazil.

Korea/Japan wasn't that sweet sha but I still enjoyed it. It was from 2005 that my fervour for football began to wane gradually.

I al

Holland won 2-1, Lopez and kluivert had earlier traded goals. 98 is still my best World Cup till date, tho I was still too young to enjoy football in 94. Germany 2006 too wasn't bad, Tho Nigeria failed to qualify, 2002 is the worst, too many upset and plenty ojoro in favour of Korea, 2010 had lots of stalemate and low scoring games bar Germany who set it alight with their all attacking game. the last one in Brazil was OK too, the top teams came to the party and there were goals. I hope 2018 will be exciting to watch.

stevemarkdangot:
I can remeber this game on a Saturday morning, I was in primary 2 then. All thanks to ike shorumu we would have been humiliated .

nope, Sunday morning

forgiveness:
Compare Siasia's brand of play with and without Kalika. So, obviously different.

Siasia's most successful career was with Kalika. Fact.

I was number one supporter of Siasia to get the SE job on kickoff Nigeria and also one of those who vehemently kicked against his sack. So. I know what I am talking about.

I will rather take John Obuh as assistant of the super eagles or Garba, Mutui or Salako ahead of Siasia and Amuneke. Gbam.

Amuneke to me is an agent coach and his tiki taka style is one way traffic. You can't compare it with Guardiola's style.

who the Fuk is this Salako? where he don coach?

fabyom:
I lost my one and only sibling yesterday to the cold hands of death. My elder bro, he was just 40 years old. Got sick the same day he was to start a very lucrative job after years of struggling without a well paid Job. Trying to control how sad I am.

may God comfort you at this difficult time

tbaba1234:
Rewatching the Poland game and we were really not that bad. Shehu was a bit poor and we just lacked some cutting edge upfront but i feel, in a competitive game, we would have been more incisive.

we were compact but not creative

Solanke scores his first goal in his 27th game for Liverpool

Iheanachooooo, he scores when he want

tbaba1234:
Hearing some news on Rohr's list...

abeg gist us

mank1234:
That's an issue that should have been decided by a court or FIFA and not loosing a slot at the world cup. Not allowing someone to represent your school because he's owing fees is not a standard practice and shouldn't be used as a reference.
The school I attended wouldn't do that because:
1. You're bringing glory to the school if you win.
2. Your morale could be destroyed if you're not allowed to contest.
3. Ultimately the fees would have to be paid. My school only withhold your result.

If your story is true, Keshi should be condemned by all.

He even typed it confidently very dirty talk, what's the coach business if his player is owing his agent money? FIFA have a way of handling issues like this. that excuse is very lame and doesn't hold water. funny enough it's the same as what D bull said coaches shouldn't be agent or too close to agent, it could ruin things

charlesemeka85:
because of his age and lack of speed that's why he will perform better as a central/deep lying play maker. Mikel naturally doesn't have the pace to strive as an attacking midfielder but as been deployed as a 10 during his days with the Nigerian youth team and few matches international football. the attacking midfield 'role will be too stressful for him judging by his lack of pace to move tro and fro in a match. sitting as a central midfielder and having a youthful Iwobi in front of him who has the energy to burst forward and return when the need arises will be a plus tothe team.

bros you just keep shouting pace, how many pace fabregas get? and he's one of the best AM in the world

Icon4s:
We were not particularly poor against France. Infact we held the midfield until Onazi was injured.

bros I saw the game highlight on Sunday, the second half was atrocious, some Emenike speculative shots aside, we barely had a sniff while they really pummeled our defence

Icon4s:
And some one is saying we should gift them the midfield and go through the wings. Are wings not part of midfield?

I think this was keshi's strategy at the last World Cup and we were piss poor against France and Argentina, if not for enyeama Benzema abs Di Maria would have destroyed us in both games

I think iwobi just pulled his hamstring

komekn:
The question is how much better could they have done with him❓ Furthermore it was Ibrahimovic who retired from international football voluntary, they actually wanted him to stay. He has played 5 games in the MLS and scored 3 goals.

The proposition that you make here really is without
substance. Considering that Dani Alves, Robben, Riberie, Defoe, are well above 34 but top players in top teams.

yes he retired voluntarily, but he wanted to come back for the world cup till the Swedish fa told him no way

tbaba1234:
I believe FIFA requires a 35 man list submitted.

don't think it's compulsory, Tite will release his 23 man list by May 16

Icon4s:
Has any Nigerian ever scored from a free-kick in any World Cup?

Has Nigeria generally scored from any form of set piece, be it corner or indirect free kick?

We have not even won any penalty.

Still scratching my head.

As long as we cannot get goals except from open plays we will continue to struggle in major competitions like the WC.

Adepoju against Spain, his header was off a corner kick

TheSuperNerd:
Lemme summon the Arsenal lords on here... Sir Tbaba1234... Chief Icon4s... Sir Edi287... Pharmarsenal... Etc...


Like seriously... Who do you think will be best for Arsenal also as regards the Impact this would have on Iwobi's career growth at Arsenal?

(Or should I sepate the question into two... Like 1). Who dobyou think is best for Arsenal.. 2). Who will be best as regards Iwobi? )

Tuchel... Rogers... Vieira... And what about Joachim Low? (If he decides to leave the Germany job perhaps... Will that even happen? Lol )

Or will it be this man smiling below? Allegri?

I'll love the current Monaco coach, Rodgers is shi.t I no want am for my team

ChrisKels:
U might be right but just know that as Okoro is a common name in igbo land, some people in Edo also bear Okoro e.g osas and Stanley Okoro. Same thing with that "osayi" it's common in Edo but Ebonyians and Ananbarians (mainly okija) bear it also.



Did u know that until yesterday, I didn't know Ajala is also a yoruba name. I had always thought only igbos bear the name because I came from a place where our main god is Ajala just as Kalu is the main god of Ohafia, abiriba, Item and Arochukwu people.

wawu, so you mean igbos too dey bear Ajala??

andrew444:
You guys keep saying ebueyi was injured from the serbia game but i dont understand you.

How can a injured player start against serbia? the same injured player staarted for his club,so because he was subbed out meaning he was injured?

Where did you get the news from that he was injured? The last time i check injured player dont pass fitness check.

Messi wasn't 100% fit yesterday, but he still played for almost 40min.

can Moses be taken off set piece duties??

I've never seen Nigeria's defence this good. N.B: we still don't have Mikel's replacement

omo, we never see keeper o. this dude isn't ready, that was a clear goal for Poland

joseph1013:
Often when I see your moniker, I often read it as Fabio Lanipekun.

Who here knows the man?

sure, is he still alive?

Danycrusoe:
I want to believe this is Mr Forgiveness. well we qualified without them so there time is not now definitely. when the next round of qualification for another world cup start they are welcome, but it's a shame many of them won't still see the team. that's how life x, to go world cup no de everybody's destiny

this is not forgiveness, you no see as the guy rubbish Olanrewaju Kayode

forgiveness:
Who be senior for EPL btw Kelechi and Tammy?

Dem no suppose dey d same class except say senior repeat class.

Is that one not shameful?

Make senior dey follow Junior dey drag point for the same class.

See as he wan lie say na me dey start the argument. Mtcheww!

then shame suppose dey catch Ronaldo because he started top flight football ahead of Messi. some people like to dey yarn pete for here sha