5 Painful Defeats in Nigeria Football History - Super Eagles Lowest Moment
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Today we will be looking at five of the most painful defeats in Nigeria Football History. Some of these defeats still gives me nightmares. Number Five – Nigeria Round of 16 Loss to Italy – USA ‘94 FIFA World Cup Nigeria was 2 minutes away from reaching the quarter-finals of the world cup for the first time in our very first appearance. The 1994 team was arguably one of the best Nigerian squads at the FIFA World Cup with players like Jay-Jay Okocha, Sunday Oliseh, Rashidi Yekini, Finidi George, Daniel Amokachi, Emmanuel Amunike and many more. The super eagles were on fire in 1994, we had just won the nations cup three months earlier in April of that year. We were also ranked 5 th in the world, seven spots above Italy ranked 13 th at the time. At USA 94 World Cup, we were drawn in a tough group with Argentina, Greece and Bulgaria. However, the Super Eagles surpassed all expectations to top the group with 6 points, defeating Bulgaria and Greece although we lost to Argentina. I