Morbeta11:
In this picture, only Okocha and Kanu are still financially strong and stable cos of their wise and early infrastructural investments...others don enter financial menopause.

Incorrect

Eriokanmi:
Ronaldo cried that day. He couldn't help but displayed his wonderful incisors for the whole world to see. He no sabi cry at all . They couldn't believe it. I wouldn't know how true. I learnt their coach warned them about Nigerians. That they must not give up till the last whistle was blown, that Nigerians were good in dying minute magic, judging from Saudi '89 performance and the rest. I watched Saudi '89 in our black and white tv

The coatch later reminded them of what he said about Nigeria after we beat them, lol.

We stopped enjoying super eagles performance the moment they introduced politics into the national team. Na celebrity players we get today, those who can book a Jersey slot at any price, just to participate sell themselves to good clubs during tournaments. Eagles used to be pride of Africa, then Cameroun and Ghana

Let us remind indomine generation on NairaLand land that from one goal down in the opening match of Saudi 89, we finally defeated Saudi 2 - 1 in the group stage before semi final miracles of 0 - 4 against Nigeria by Russia, but became 4 - 4 within 20minutes to the end of the match.

A small me meets the LEGEND...the 1996 Gold Medalist winner...Equalizer and winning goal against BRAZIL. No one slept that night...the comeback is one for the ages. God bless Mr. Kanu and all our legend, and seeing you in Nigeria and also in UK when we landed was Godsent.

- IDAGBA Empowerment Foundation

Racoon:
"Super Eagles 96": Film recalls when Nigeria stunned the footballing world by winning Olympic gold
-Nigeria versus Brazil Semi-Final Match:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e_aZsLkhOg

Nigeria versus Argentina Final Match:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEZQiy67pTo

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/16/football/super-eagles-96/index.html

Nigeria’s ’96 Olympic gold medallists: Where are they now? Whatever happened to the Super Eagles’ Golden Generation of 1996?

https://www.goal.com/en-ug/lists/nigerias-96-olympic-gold-medallists-where-are-they-now/1y0diw0045ax41nxsf4pp2vu6h

dkidd:

Incorrect

Oya help enhance..

Racoon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtZl_sq7kVA
Atlanta 1996 was really a nostalgic time no living person in Nigeria then will ever forget especially August 3rd 1996, the day Nigeria dream team-1 made history by defeating a highly studded Argentinian side that parades the like of Gabriel Batistuta, Herman Crespo, etc to win the Olympic gold medal of that winter event.

This was when passion and enthusiasm to play and do exploits for country was @ its peak. The quest for glory was very conspicuous in the then generation of Nigerian players.

Batistuta was not part of the Olympics team

It was Crespo, Lopez and Ortega in attack

gaskiyamagana:

Let us remind indomine generation on NairaLand land that from one goal down in the opening match of Saudi 89, we finally defeated Saudi 2 - 1 in the group stage before semi final miracles of 0 - 4 against Nigeria by Russia, but became 4 - 4 within 20minutes to the end of the match.

Saudi 89 we played USA in the Semi final and won by 2-1 quarter final was where we played Russia before losing to portugal in the final

Morbeta11:


Oya help enhance..

Well.. they may not be as wealthy as those two u mentioned but Victor Ikpeba and Sunday Oliseh are still making money from football till tomorrow... Even Daniel Amokachi is not in any financial menopause abi how u call am

blingxx:


Your problem with millennials makes it sound like a crime to be born in the early 2000s.. Rest abeg

Fvck off!!! I was not talking to you. I don't even know you from Adam.

Highest Win in our Football history....Big Kudos Bonefer Jo and the full squad...Never seen that kind of celebration in Nigeria for sport.We should not forget We won Gold in long Jump...Best performance in Olympic games..God bless Nigeria

oneolajire:
A time Nigeria was under the tyranny of Abacha, witnessed economic downturn and we children of teachers could hardly eat and our parents pay house rent.

Nig suddenly won the Olympic soccer gold and it seems we have all been fed by the cup. The joy of winning temporarily united the nation alongside the Abacha junta.

Best ever football team Nigeria ever produced

....and Nigeria's best moment in football till date. Qualified for first WC in 1993, won Afcon in 1994, went to the WC and shone, got Africa's highest FIFA ranking till date (5th) and capped it with Olympic gold in 1996.

Today to even qualify na permutation things

Most Nairalanders are too young to remember what really happened back then.

They cannot imagine what we felt.

They can only guess, yet it will not come close to the actual feeling

Kanu Nwankwo, thanks so much for the great job.

Wotoporiously speaking

This was when football was football in Nigeria

And this song brings even more memories of the game.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDtCvClh4yM&pp=ygUmTXkgYnJvdGhlciB3aGVyZSB5b3UgZGV5IE5pZ2VyaWEgc3BvcnQ%3D

Someone should help us with a thread on this.

Racoon, Abeg give us a thread about this song.

It comes with loads of goose bumps.

Very obvious why Kano had a more successful career than Okocha

Kizzygentle:
There can never be another super eagles team like this set. They were golden. The name we still have as a football nation was this set of Eagles team and still which this present crop of players are living on

Watching this video just brought tears to my eyes. Kanu was the hero

Honestly I don’t like watching those videos…it just makes me want to cry.

Those guys made us soooo proud.

I was studying in the UK back then, and would rush out of class even before the end of the lectures just to catch the games at home.

Can you imagine the pride they gave us in a foreign country that was designed to strip you of your African pride?

Back then there was no Burna Boy or Davido or Nollywood, and nobody really cared about Nigeria in the UK.

And there they were, beating Brazil, beating Argentina. Causing sensation.

I mean, we Nigerians in the UK were just flabbergasted and unbelievably proud of our country, and held numerous parties in celebration.

Absolute legends.

Chai...Best of Nigerian soccer after US 94

We all stayed till midnight to watch Nigeria vs Brazil and Nigeria vs Argentina..

Mosques and churches started intense prayers for Nigerian Dream team that midnight when we were head to head against Brazil

Even my dad that never watched football joined in praying for Nigerians triump against Brazil..

Come and see patriotism at its peak that night..

Nobody was Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, Efil, lshan or Ibibio

We were all Nigerians that memorable night

All Nigerians woke up to embrace each other after that epic victory!

Joy erupted on the streets even at 4am!

The peak was Lagbaja that composed a victory song with the noise of the street and victory that same midnight ( Charter plenty basket Naija no get respect, ask Brazilia, ask Argentina , when we talk of soccer...eh! Nigeria l'oko iya won)

On my street, we even sang national anthem at 4am after that match!!

Good ole Nigerian

Enemyofprogress enemyofpeace

No near this thread oo

Because Dem never born you then

General Sani Abacha's tenure 1994-1998 was our greatest era for sporting achievement.

👍

Alvin212:
God bless BIAFRA and BIAFRANs

God Bless Mazi Kanu



Nigeria is a cursed Country

Jee zue ike nwokem! It is the monkey in Dss cage that is cursed. Kanu bu onye nzuzu.

Racoon:
The stunning semi-final match against Brazil( which Nigeria won 4 : 3) and the equally victorious 3 : 2 final match against Argentina are the most memorable during this tournament. I remember my dad off the TV when Brazil was leading 3 : 1 and asked my and younger brother to go and sleep - that it is over for Nigeria. I went to my neighbor's quarters to watch the match

The thunderous shout of Nigeria's final goal that Kanu Nwankwo scored in the early hours of the next day sent the whole Barracks into a frenzy. My neighbor almost chopped my head off when he unknowingly lift me up to a ceiling fan above his house during celebration.

We just could not sleep that night but jubilate till we got to government house in Agodi. The final victory against Argentina was a continuation of the one against Brazil. I can't still describe it.

These two teams were the world's football houses then.I know the "indomie generation" will never understand what it took Nigeria to attain this feat, but God was the ultimate pillar behind us as both Brazil and Argentina were really humbled that year to learn a big lesson in never allowing pride be their downfall.
nlfpmod

Indomie generation no fit understand nau

That Kanu injury time go send everybody into a frenzy then, It's cos of school popsi pursue me go sleep around 5am,

Omo final match I no gree, watched it outside in my neighborhood, at the next compound opposite ours,

omo good old days, days where those big guys will throw party after SE achieves a football milestone

worksmart:
General Sani Abacha's tenure 1994-1998 was our greatest era for sporting achievement.

You can say that again,

we also rule the sprints then, through police man Sunday Bada, Mary Onyiali to mention a few

ajepako:
Chai...Best of Nigerian soccer after US 94

We all stayed till midnight to watch Nigeria vs Brazil and Nigeria vs Argentina..

Mosques and churches started intense prayers for Nigerian Dream team that midnight when we were head to head against Brazil

Even my dad that never watched football joined in praying for Nigerians triump against Brazil..

Come and see patriotism at its peak that night..

Nobody was Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, Efil, lshan or Ibibio

We were all Nigerians that memorable night

All Nigerians woke up to embrace each other after that epic victory!

Joy erupted on the streets even at 4am!

The peak was Lagbaja that composed a victory song with the noise of the street and victory that same midnight ( Charter plenty basket Naija no get respect, ask Brazilia, ask Argentina , when we talk of soccer...eh! Nigeria l'oko iya won)

On my street, we even sang national anthem at 4am after that match!!

Good ole Nigerian

Enemyofprogress enemyofpeace

No near this thread oo

Because Dem never born you then

Bro's oyel dey your head,

Omg it was a glorious day then, to see both an Iman and pastor praying for the SE,

Popsi had to pursue man enter house around 5am, when celebrations is still going on

Nostalgia. This highlights brought tears to my eyes. Nigeria shall rise again. All those crop of players deserve national award.

We no sleep that night 🌙




Thanks to somebody that sent me 500mb data

Point of correction that team was nicknamed dream team and not super eagle

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gaskiyamagana:

One of indomine generation on NairaLand we always talked about.

Shut your mouth!!!

I watched that game live.

Bordey:

Tribalism knows no age and exposure. You have been living in US since I was a baby and in the year 2023, you are still a tribalist. Wow.

Anyone that doesn't believe or vote for your incompetent fraudster is a tribalist? What sort of of delusional retar@ded asinine warped logic is that.
What kinds of half baked useless schools are producing shallow imb@ciles like these?
When you don't support a candidate for any reason it's ok, but others must support your candidate simply because he's Igbo.
The level of imbecilty and shallowness in Igbo land is simply astonishing.
The grand delusion and victimhood slave mentality is sad and pathetic.
BTW, I have been living in the US more than like before you were even born. I was already there for 7 years before moving to Atlanta in 93 before the Olympics.
I live mostly in Nigeria, enough of Oyinbo land.

Napata77:


Honestly I don’t like watching those videos…it just makes me want to cry.

Those guys made us soooo proud.

I was studying in the UK back then, and would rush out of class even before the end of the lectures just to catch the games at home.

Can you imagine the pride they gave us in a foreign country that was designed to strip you of your African pride?

Back then there was no Burna Boy or Davido or Nollywood, and nobody really cared about Nigeria in the UK.

And there they were, beating Brazil, beating Argentina. Causing sensation.

I mean, we Nigerians in the UK were just flabbergasted and unbelievably proud of our country, and held numerous parties in celebration.

Absolute legends.

The most annoyingly painful part is - they actually should have performed far better than these but for Abacha draconian rule that got them banned from contesting for the most part of the peak of their career!