Former Super Eagles goalkeeper, Ndubisi Egbo has revealed why the Super Eagles loss to Cameroon in the final of the 2000 AFCON tournament co-hosted by Nigeria and Ghana.
Samuel Eto’o and Patrick Mboma had put Cameroon ahead with two superb goals before the Super Eagles fought back with goals from Okocha and Raphael Chukwu.
The full time ended 2-2 before it was decided via penalties in which the Indomitable Lions won the encounter 3-2.
Egbo who was a member of the Super Eagles squad then explained that the players were exhausted before the penalties.
“We were not prepared for a penalty shootout because we came from a two-goal down to play 2-2 and we had exhausted a lot of energy and strength and the psychology was not well balanced for a penalty shootout, and in the end we lost, ” Egbo told Punch.
During his time with the Super Eagles, Egbo played 12 games for the three-time African champions between the year 1999-2002 and scored one goal as a goalkeeper.
Egbo, 47, became the first African coach to lead a European team to a league title and qualification to the UEFA Champions League after he led FK Tirana to their first domestic triumph in 11 years.
Ndubuisi Egbo has been named as Coach of the year in Albania 🇦🇱 👏 pic.twitter.com/hFbUGv1dTV
— Praise Alonge (@Jesupemi28) January 5, 2021
However, Egbo’s interesting love story with the Albanian outfit came to an abrupt end four months later, following an unimpressive run of matches which consequently led to his dismissal.
