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On “90 mins with Mathematical” - Nigerian football - What next?
Some 30 years ago, Nigerian football climbed to the very top. The Green Eagles were 5th in FIFA ranking. They were declared the most entertaining team of the 1994 World Cup. The country was referred to as the ‘Giant of African Football’.
By 1995, freshly-christened ‘Super Eagles’ were so attractive an international product that the biggest national teams in the world, including England, came down from their ‘high horse’, and clamored to play against Nigeria. That’s how Nigeria played against England, in a match engineered by me, on the hallowed Wembley Stadium ground for the first time in history.
That was Nigerian football around 3 decades ago.
Last week, the bottom fell out of Nigerian football and revealed its current state through a crucial football match and with a performance that Nigerians will want to forget in a hurry!
That match against DRC Congo was such a dismal performance that the national football federation had to publicly apologise to the government and the people of Nigeria on behalf of the team.
To compound matters, the manager, at an international after-match conference attributed the loss to the ‘Voodoo’ that he saw perpetrated by the Congolese! Ha!!!
At this point, the big question is ‘what next’?
To find a dispassionate appraisal and answer, I have burrowed deep into history to find those with the experience and knowledge to provide some answers to the million-Dollar question!
Join me this Saturday (November 22, 2025) as I go to Greece to get respected football Guru, Mr. John Mastoroudes (remember him?) and to England to outspoken, foremost sports journalist, Osasu Obayiuwana, to lead the conversations and provide an answer to ‘What next?’.
This Saturday on Eagle7 Sports Radio 103.7 FM, Abeokuta,….Or, click here on this eagle7fm.com/ from 7:30 AM and be connected.
No body should miss this!
Pls spread the message.
Dr. Olusegun Odegbami MON, OLY, AFNIIA, FNIS, GS Ambassador.
Some 30 years ago, Nigerian football climbed to the very top. The Green Eagles were 5th in FIFA ranking. They were declared the most entertaining team of the 1994 World Cup. The country was referred to as the ‘Giant of African Football’.
By 1995, freshly-christened ‘Super Eagles’ were so attractive an international product that the biggest national teams in the world, including England, came down from their ‘high horse’, and clamored to play against Nigeria. That’s how Nigeria played against England, in a match engineered by me, on the hallowed Wembley Stadium ground for the first time in history.
That was Nigerian football around 3 decades ago.
Last week, the bottom fell out of Nigerian football and revealed its current state through a crucial football match and with a performance that Nigerians will want to forget in a hurry!
That match against DRC Congo was such a dismal performance that the national football federation had to publicly apologise to the government and the people of Nigeria on behalf of the team.
To compound matters, the manager, at an international after-match conference attributed the loss to the ‘Voodoo’ that he saw perpetrated by the Congolese! Ha!!!
At this point, the big question is ‘what next’?
To find a dispassionate appraisal and answer, I have burrowed deep into history to find those with the experience and knowledge to provide some answers to the million-Dollar question!
Join me this Saturday (November 22, 2025) as I go to Greece to get respected football Guru, Mr. John Mastoroudes (remember him?) and to England to outspoken, foremost sports journalist, Osasu Obayiuwana, to lead the conversations and provide an answer to ‘What next?’.
This Saturday on Eagle7 Sports Radio 103.7 FM, Abeokuta,….Or, click here on this eagle7fm.com/ from 7:30 AM and be connected.
No body should miss this!
Pls spread the message.
Dr. Olusegun Odegbami MON, OLY, AFNIIA, FNIS, GS Ambassador.
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