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Nigeria Sails Through

By: Lola | November 14th, 2009 | 7 Comments »

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What an incredible day. I couldn’t quite believe my eyes as Nigeria and Mozambique both came from behind to put the Super Eagles in first place and on their way to South Africa. The team displayed an urgency not yet seen in this entire qualifying series to pull out this win. Still, all Nigerians must thank Mozambique’s Dario for finally breaking through Tunisia’s defenses and sealing the deal.

I would just like to point out that almost no one thought this would happen. Not the players, not Coach Shaibu Amodu, not most of the fans, and certainly not me. In fact, only John Powers seems to have called this correctly.

Still, I am estatic. I feel as giddy as the little girl that I was in 1994 when we first made it to the World Cup. I hope and pray that we display more of that year’s magic in South Africa. It would be a sight to see.


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