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DoggoneDogg:
I agree.

Beating the then untouchable Brazil & humbling that drug-induced Maradona in the final with men twice their age is a feat that can never be replicated again.

Ur confusing it with USA94
Maradona didn’t play in d Argentina �� team at Atlanta 96. Ortega wore d 10 jersey

I was knack kpekus tire for Europe then because i be Nigerian.

Wow cool

Lagbaja then released a track to commemorate the games.

The team we will never forget. They gave us d real joy and good memory of football. Then they units Nigeria with no weapon but their great talents. When I was a kid I knew them all despite being too small. Great!!! grand!!! legends!!!!��❤️��

That was when we love to brag with our nationality "i am a Nigerian"

I remember how i ran to NTA Ibadan after beating the almighty Brazil
NWOSU was the military governor of oyo state then

DoggoneDogg:
I agree.

Beating the then untouchable Brazil & humbling that drug-induced Maradona in the final with men twice their age is a feat that can never be replicated again.

Maradona did no play in Atlanta 96.

His last game for Argentina was in the group stage of U.S.A 94 where Argentina won Nigeria 2-1.

DoggoneDogg:
I agree.

Beating the then untouchable Brazil & humbling that drug-induced Argentina in the final with men twice their age is a feat that can never be replicated again.

Only Celestine Babyaro and possibly Tijani Babangida is truly Under 23 as at that time. But truly it's an unforgettable memories

Naughtysex:
That was when we love to brag with our nationality "i am a Nigerian"

I remember how i ran to NTA Ibadan after beating the almighty Brazil
NWOSU was the military governor of oyo state then

So you were there too! We left NTA to B.C.O.S, gone are those days. Unforgettable Memories indeed!

aliyuthayo:
So you were there too! We left NTA to B.C.O.S, gone are those days. Unforgettable Memories indeed!

I was o I remembered when it was 3vs2 and NTA was flashing "Nigerians, pray" , i cried .. i was like " God please make it happen" and it indeed happened

That was when men play football with their strength and mind

I watched the highlights. I can only imagine the madness that ensue after the final whistle all over naija.

I will never forget that night of 'when Nigeria win Brazil' how my mum nearly finished me with beating because at my age I followed the crowd in the streets of Owerri to Kalu Nwankwo's house.

Of course

We hurt Brazil so bad that they burnt our embassy.

Heartdanny:
I will never forget that night of 'when Nigeria win Brazil' how my mum nearly finished me with beating because at my age I followed the crowd in the streets of Owerri to Kalu Nwankwo's house.

Hmmmm so now now you are a big girl

You killed a snake that could easily help you earn money by tourism.

We kill plenty money making opportunities in this country.

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Lol I remember as a kid then, sneaking outside to watch the semi finals at a neighbourhs house. After the win, there were burn fire at the major street. Guys were dancing around the fire. Some shout and match miles shoutng there voice out. Celebration was wild lasted till 4am. Thank God I remembered to witness the good time.

We na Indomie generation

80 to 90 percent Igbo team yet a foolish person has the audacity to insult Igbos and ask what are Igbos bringing to this Goddamned shithole nation.

wagazala:
25years ago, wow. No wonder there is a lot of negativity online in Naija, some didnt even get to witness the good times. They were born into these terrible times.

This was when it was sweet to be called a Nigerian. You travel and everyone asks you about Okocha, Amokachi etc.

Well, sigh. It is well.

Hahaha!

preacherz:
Ur confusing it with USA94
Maradona didn’t play in d Argentina �� team at Atlanta 96. Ortega wore d 10 jersey

Ortega and Batistuta, their two big players till after korea/japan 2002.

aliyuthayo:
Only Celestine Babyaro and possibly Tijani Babangida is truly Under 23 as at that time. But truly it's an unforgettable memories

Aboki keep quiet. Na only your kinsmen no cheat age abi.

All of them were old men. Babayaro was even worse, claiming 16.

aliyuthayo:
So you were there too! We left NTA to B.C.O.S, gone are those days. Unforgettable Memories indeed!

What a great memory! Black and white TV

The list is incomplete without Cameroon of year 2000

I watched every single game those boys played.

It was so great to be a Nigerian then..

My greatest match will always be Ngr vs Brazil when we were 1-3 down at halftime.

See stars na, bebeto, Ronaldo, r. Carlos, Dida, Rivaldo, amarao. Leave story..

Argentina, Ortega, chamot, Lopez

Mexico.. Na only the GK Jorge Campos I can remeber, and Garcia Aspe.

DoggoneDogg:
I agree.

Beating the then untouchable Brazil & humbling that drug-induced Argentina in the final with men twice their age is a feat that can never be replicated again.

Men twice their age??I don't think so..Great feat though.

[quote author= post=104138302]Gbamsolutely it was!

Below is what all of us @[/b] remember about that Olympics.

Undoubtedly, as the thread says
It was the biggest win for Nigeria at the final of the [b]Atlanta 1996 Olympic football competition.

But even before reaching the final they had to see off the challenge of arguably one of the greatest Olympic football teams ever selected.

The semi-final against Brazil saw them overcome the shock of conceding a first-minute goal to run out 4-3 winners. Kanu struck home a memorable 90th minute equaliser to take the game into extra time before his golden goal killed the game and sealed an unforgettable victory for Nigeria.

It was the end of the road for Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Bebeto and Roberto Carlos, as Nigeria marched on into the final.

On 3 August, 86,117 spectators filled the Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia to watch Argentina take on Nigeria in the Olympic gold medal match.

Argentina took control of the tie, going ahead 2-1 with goals from Claudio Lopez and Hernan Crespo. But the Super Eagles were not to be denied.

In another incredible comeback, the Nigerian team first equalised with a 74th minute through a Daniel Amokachi strike before Emmanuel Amunike beat the offside trap to score a point-blank winner in the last minute of the game.

Nigeria had become the first-ever African nation to win an Olympic football gold medal. And they had done it in style.
It was a huge Barbecue parry all over the 4 corners of Nigeria back then.
Barbecue was lit from the house of MANNA.



The key players
are not forgotten,
The 'Dream Team', as the Nigerian squad were nicknamed after their Atlanta triumph, relied on many stars in 1996. But perhaps the greatest of these were the attacking duo of Okocha and captain Kanu.

Okocha, for his part, won the Nigerian Footballer of the Year award a total of seven times between 1995 and 2005, and his impressive skill-set - he even had his own trick, 'the Okocha flick' named after him - has seen him gain legendary status both in Nigeria and across the world.

It says something, though, that the Nigerian Footballer of the Year for 1996 was the tall, languid attacker Kanu, who has since gone on to be considered one of the greatest players in African history. Kanu went on to win the UEFA Champions League and two African Player of the Year awards in a trophy-laden career.

But it would be impossible to talk about the gold medal-winning Super Eagles without giving a special mention to Emmanuel Amunike - the player whose last-minute heroics sealed victory for Nigeria in the most important match in their history
[/quote]How u all forget to mention WILSON ORUMA BAFFLES ME. ORUMA was the LUCKY CHARM AND SUPER SUB dat made us beat Brazil and Argentina.

Stayed awake all night for d match only for Nigeria to be losing 3-1. Got angry n went to sleep, only to be waken by shouts of a goal,....d joy was second to none. Nigeria vs Brazil. D only match that brought out every Nigerian to d streets so late in the night. We dance from street to street with joy. Special mention to WILSON ORUMA. THE LUCKY CHARM SUPER SUB.

kingthreat:
We hurt Brazil so bad that they burnt our embassy.

Re u serious?

theTranscriber:
We na Indomie generation

i b small pikin then.