Super Eagles hero meets Spanish icon in Qatar, laughs over Nigeria’s greatest World Cup goal

Nigeria’s most celebrated victory on the World Cup is arguably the comeback win over Spain on the 1998 Mundial in France

Tremendous Eagles legend Sunday Oliseh has shared a cute {photograph} of him assembly with one-time Actual Madrid captain Fernando Hierro on the Al Thumama Stadium in Qatar.

Each former internationals performed essential roles in serving up simply Nigeria’s best victory on the FIFA World Cup.

In each nations’ opening match of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Nigeria twice got here from behind to stun title favourites Spain 3-2 contained in the Stade de la Beaujoire – Louis Fonteneau.

Influential centre-back Hierro gave the Spaniards the lead within the twenty first minute, expertly guiding a high-quality free-kick previous Peter Rufai within the Nigerian aim.

However the Tremendous Eagles struck again inside three minutes, midfielder Mutiu Adepoju heading house the equaliser from an inch-perfect corner-kick.

Raul Gonzalez stole in on the again submit to attain Spain’s second shortly after the halftime break.

Nigeria m, although, bought again on levelled phrases in an ungainly vogue. Spain’s goalkeeper Andoni Zubizarreta redirected a seemingly innocent Garba Lawal cross into his personal web for 2-2. 

If the Tremendous Eagles’ second aim was fortuitous, the third aim was heavenly – worthy of profitable any basic any day. It stays arguably Nigeria’s greatest aim on the Mundial.

And it got here off the boot of Sunday Oliseh. Hierro headed out a Nigerian corner-kick solely so far as Oliseh, and the previous Juventus midfielder volleyed the ball with venom into the web from 25 yards, leaving Zubizarreta with no likelihood.

Now a member of FIFA’s Technical Examine Group, Oliseh was happy to fulfill Hierro once more 24 years after that encounter. And the 2 loved chortle.

“On the Al Thumama Stadium to work on Senegal vs Qatar, guess who I bumped into? Spanish legend Fernando Hierro (center), the final time I met him, he was heading the ball out to my route as I used to be blessed to strike the aim versus Spain in France ’98. We had a lot of laughs,” Oliseh wrote on Twitter.

On the Al Thumama Stadium to work on Senegal vs Qatar,, guess who I bumped into? Spanish legend Fernando Hierro (center),the final time I met him, he was heading the ball out to my route as I used to be blessed to strike the aim versus Spain in France ’98. We had a lot of laughs.. pic.twitter.com/CeDHI2xNx2

— Sunday Oliseh (@SundayOOliseh) November 25, 2022

Whereas Spain crashed out, Nigeria made it out of Group D in France 1998 as group leaders however misplaced out to Denmark within the Spherical of 16.