Zambian's could only do much...i really wanted a win for Zambia. Having lost the best team in that horrendous Air crush and assembling a makeshift side at the same time reaching the finals was great... KING BWALYA & THE LIKES OF THE LATE CHABALA, MUTALE ETC MADE ME LOVE SOCCER.
The greatest Nigerian team EVER. Rashidi Yekini, THE BULL and gentle giant okechukwu. i do hope we return to this sort of form one day. we'll be super powers. LOVE YOU NIGERIA!!!!!
History will never forget steven keshi won it as a captain in tunissia 1994 and as a coach in 2013 in south africa..Rip big boss,not also forgeting nigeria highest goal scorer of all tume Rashidi yekini rip in eagles gagling striker,uche okafor who form a formidable defence with gentle giant uche unkechukwu Rip in uche okafor.
i watched this and was almost crying .this was the t eam of the century.a team that dazzled everyone they met.lets hope vogts can do the same in ghana next year if he survives till then
Maybe for your generation. It is truly a great team. But the generation that watched the Green Eagles of the late 70s and early 80s would contest your claim. The team of Christian Chukwu, Segun Odegbami, Emmanuel Okala, Best Ogedegbe, Mudashiru Lawal, Felix Owolabi, Kunle Awesu, Adokie Amaesimaka, Aloysius Atuegbu, Henry Nwosu and others. It is just that globalisation through ICT is creating more exposures for new generations. But if you watched their matches, you would appreciates what I said.
Wow!!! I was in high school in Kenya .. MEMORIES ... AMAZING .... I have followed The super eagles ever since .... Those names AMOKACHI ... AMUNIKE .. Then I read the novel THE CONCUBINE , And I fell in love with the country ... Then came NOLLYWOOD ... , Sorry I digress ... but my introduction to NAIJA , was tunisia 94 ... where Amokachi met his wife . , Started reading about NIGERIAN HISTORY , NMAMDI AZIKIWE , BIAFRA WAR , AMAZING COUNTRY
How the world has changed , in the last 30yrs .... we are almost 2024 ...We are a very lucky generation .... witnessing evolution of TECHNOLOGY .... Look at how even football has evolved ... the game is the same yes but ... .. wow !!! amazing ... I am lucky
Come on,how can you honestly say that.The Zambians did well, especially considering the circumstances. However, the 1994 Super Eagles were by far the best team in the tournament and one of the finest teams in the world.
Imagine if soko, changwe, chomba, makinka, Mwitwa, Mutale, chansa, chabala, mwila, chikwalakwala, masuwa, kangwa, simambe, mumba, watiyakeni, banda, mwanza and eston mulenga didn't perish in the Gabon air disaster......the strongest team Zambia will ever assemble.
Most of the players from Nkana Red Devils perished in that fatal air crash. Zambia played, but could not contain the like of Amunike, Amokachie and Okocha
this team was the best african team. That is why they were ranked #5 in the world during this time, but in the 1996 olympics, they were even better by beating Argentina(excluding Maradona) and brazil which were the defending world cup champions at that time. In fact, Nigeria would have made it to the quarter-finals of the 1994 world cup if not for Italy, which were the second best team in the tournament
@dkll99 Boy! How right can you be ? Your prediction came true.. I'm an African America of Nigerian Ancestry... Your Great team and great country has comw along way after the plane crash that took a whole generation of talented players..It aint easy rebuilding, but y'all did it... Congratulations brotha...Congratulations !!!
I think this was the best team Nigeria has provided so far,on like the one's we have now, Ipray we should have such team again, and victory and success should come theur way, insha ALLAH{Amen}.
Will the Nigerian Soccer Team Or The Soccer Federation Ever Produce Dedicated and Determined Bunch of Players Like these Lot Again ? I remember my Nigerian Dad shouting and jumping Like He Won The Lottery In 1994 At the Final Whistle...Great Scenes though!!!
Hungary 1954 was best team never to win world cup. Love Nigeria though!! if only oliseh hadn't given that ball to baggio in the last minute. Zambia forever!!
@nsomba Such a stupid stunt, and I'm Nigerian. Just hearing this for the first time. But you laugh now at least. Zambia are champions!!! Katongo and his men are KINGS!!!
The jersey was green patterns on white background. The best Jersey the national team has ever worn. The numbering was red. I guess the color quality makes it look like red trimming
Nasty referee. They show their prejudice lily-livered and mar the principle of disciplined officiation. It was a grade A rough play by grabbing Emmanuel Amunike's jersey and forcibly bringing him down in the box.
. He also said the Zambians looked like orphans sitting in their dressing room. He was bullying Dennis Lota on live TV .Now that’s a typical ignorant African man Expecting other Africans to display his personal inferiority complex towards players who play in Europe and the Zambians shamed him (amokachi ) by not showing any fear or admiration.
