Nigeria-1 Vs India-99. The Real Story.

Football News: Nigeria-1 Vs India-99. The Real Story.

If you are from Nigeria and you love football the same way I do, then you have probably heard the mouthwatering India-Nigeria football match. infoguidenigeria

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The story has it that India played against Nigeria without shoes, won Nigeria 99-1, our goal scorer died. Did these really happen?

The truth is that India is not just good enough for this story, bnecause they do not play active football apart from playing in Asia. As a matter of fact, India has only qualified for the world cup once- in 1950. This was because Asian countries like the Philippines, Indonesia and Burmese withdrew before the qualification round because of financial constraints. Unfortunately, India also withdrew because of the same cause. So, this answers the myth about the world cup match between Nigeria and India. You can only Play in a tournament if you are fully registered.

As for the Player who died, it was Samuel Okwwaraji who collapsed and died of congestive heart failure in the 77th minute of a World Cup qualification match against Angola at the Lagos National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos State on 12 August 1989, So how did he become a goal-scoring-character in the story? Dollar to Naira Today

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Again, there is no official backup on any site to support the story. This also should be a wake-up call for Nigerians to improve on our reading culture.

Popular Sports journalist Godwin Enakhena according to Dubawa.org, once said :

‘I have written about this before, there was never a match like that. And the only reason India doesn’t play ball is that they don’t know how to play. They have never qualified for the world cup; they only play within Asia. If you follow them, you will find out that they are playing football in Asia; they are not just good enough to compete beyond Asia.’ Dollar to Naira Today

So, you are free to believe what you want, but this is the truth, the real truth.