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..

jihday:
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.

Icon4s:


Were Dosu Joseph, Garba Lawal, Mobi Oparaku and Tijani Babangida members of the Super Eagles as at the 1995/ early 96? No, o. Dey were only promoted after Rio Olympics which was held later in the year. AFCON is in January. So those 4 players wouldn't have made the 96 AFCON list.

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.

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

jihday:
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

jihday:
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

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

chrisooblog:
Ah memories was 1989 I really started following and enjoying football Saudi 89, okwaraji

Italia 90 was my first world cup. Cameroon and Germany to some extent made a very poor world cup bearable to watch.

I agree France 98 was the best. Great goals, fantastic football, lovely skills great tournament all round. What made it more enjoyable was that all the hyped world class players came to the party and performed well.

Hope Russia turns out to be exciting and not a borefest

Joebie:
Ah ah.. abi make we compare their wages? At least there is hope. Make them rub shoulders first lol

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

asha80:
tijani banangida might have made it.. prior to usa94 he played in a friendly match against Georgia and shone do much that there were some talks of bring breaking in the final squad for that tournament

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..

TheGoodJoe:


Wow. I agree with you here. The stars lived up to their hypes. From Ronaldo, Vieri, Edgar Davids, Seedorf, Zidane, Suker, Okocha, Ikpeba, Oliseh, Oruma, Michael Laudrup, Shearer, Owen etc.

Those names that were song, both locally and international had stunning moments. I even remember that Raul's goal against us. Brilliantly taken and was a stamp of his class.

I remember the young Thierry Henry and Trezeguet getting their nods and still delivering.

Although Roberto Carlos not scoring a screaming free kick and Del Piero failing to score marred some of the expected thrill.

Brilliant and interesting point.

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...

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

daveP:
They go just dash am 100grand to drop so that a friend of theirs would make world cup team. If this dark room kwaruption present itself to you from fellow campmates, you go collect?

asha80:
me started from the days of Jim Gaven,super fly to Great kabuki and the Von erics brothers to the hul hogan and ultimate warrrior era

Icon4s:


Just Maybe. But you know Finidi was at his prime then?

When T. J finally broke into the team he was not a starter. Finidi was. Some how the coaches later assigned Finidi an SS role. And that was how both wingers were accommodated.

I remember how Bonfere finished South Africa by starting T. J on the left while Finidi played from the Right Wing.

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

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

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

Icon4s:


Were Dosu Joseph, Garba Lawal, Mobi Oparaku and Tijani Babangida members of the Super Eagles as at the 1995/ early 96? No, o. Dey were only promoted after Atlanta Olympics which was held later in the year. AFCON is in January. So those 4 players wouldn't have made the 96 AFCON list.

Mujtahida:

I was in my final year of secondary school during Afcon 2000.I can't recall why I stayed in school till almost close to the kick off between Nig and Senegal. Omo I couldn't find a vehicle to get home, everywhere was silent and it was just around 6pm or so. By the time I got home (I can't remember how now) Senegal was leading one nil

Mujtahida:

Bro I get the subtle overtones of your writings. Let me put it out straight: the black man is sick. What the sickness is I can't say, what the cure is I equally don't know but what I know is that the consciousness of the black man is diseased.

Mujtahida:

Aghawonder. Cameroun cheated us. We deserved that Afcon. Our first Afcon since 94.if not for Abacha and Mandela political battles we would most likely have retained out title in 96 and 98

somehow:

Nothing new, Arsene Wenger said/did worse to Ibrahimovic

Mujtahida:

In France 98 after the match against Denmark we heard it in school that FIFA had cancelled the match because Eber Sand was obviously on drugs. Omo we believed ooo. The defeat was hard to accept.

Again when Nigeria failed to qualify for Germany 2006 a colleague (Ola that's his name, one year my senior in the University) came with a story that CAF ordered a replay and we still believed him.