Soon there was a joyful cry of 'Goaaaaaaal! from Nigerians. Well we scored (not so brilliant a goal)I was surprised when the people around me jumped up and celebrated. Were they babies? I asked my self. Don't get me wrong, I am a patriotic Nigeria, a very strong one at that and I rep' Naija anytime any day but the name Nigeria should not be synonymous with failure or mediocrity.
But we did not enjoy victory for too long. We (I had mean other Nigerians) had not finished savoring the one goal lead when the worse happened; The indisciplined Sani Kaita unsportsmanly fouled a Greek player and also wanted to beat him up (But he didn't have to tell the world he's an agbero na!). A straight red card followed and he was sent off. He was short-one anyway.
Not long before the end of the first half, the Greeks leveled up. Not long into the second half, they made it 2-1....and that's how the game ended which meant Nigeria lost their second game in the 2010 world cup. We have scored only two world cup goals since 2002 (what a shame).
Amodu Shuabu is responsible for this: He handled the super eagles in the beginning of this decade before he was sacked before the 2002 world cup. He continued again with his mediocrity and gave Nigeria a failing mentality when he was appointed manager of the super eagles team in April 2008. Lars Largerback is doing his best. A man cannot give what he does not have. Lars hasn't got the players to do any magic.
It's a sour adventure for the eagles in South Africa.
