{"id":23989,"date":"2020-04-16T16:05:51","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T16:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=23989"},"modified":"2020-04-16T16:05:51","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T16:05:51","slug":"ndidi-osimhen-would-make-eagles-1994-world-cup-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndidi-osimhen-would-make-eagles-1994-world-cup-squad","title":{"rendered":"Ndidi, Osimhen Would Make Eagles 1994 World Cup Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria :<\/p>\n<p>Former Nigeria international Daniel Amokachi has said the duo of Wilfred Ndidi and Victor Osimhen are good enough to make the Super Eagles 1994 World Cup squad, Completesports.com reports.<\/p>\n<p>Amokachi said this during his radio programme \u201cThe Bull\u2019s Pit\u201d on Brila FM.<\/p>\n<p>Ndidi and Osimhen have been outstanding for Leicester City and Lille respectively this season.<\/p>\n<p>Ndidi has made 29 appearances in all competitions for the Foxes this campaign, netting two goals with one assist.<\/p>\n<p>And Osimhen who has been linked with a host of Europe\u2019s top clubs, has scored 18 goals in 38 outings and has provided six assists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there is a player from the current Super Eagles team who I believe will make the 1994 squad, it is Ndidi,\u201d Amokachi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNdidi is one player who will fit into the team. He is very solid in the midfield and we all can see how important he is for Leicester.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother player who I believe will make the squad is Victor Osimhen because he is a replica of Rashidi Yekini.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles 1994 World Cup squad is regarded as the greatest team to come out of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Despite making her debut at the 1994 World Cup in the United States, the Eagles finished top of their group that had Argentina, Bulgaria and Greece.<\/p>\n<p>They opened their World Cup campaign with a convincing 3-0 win against Bulgaria before losing 2-1 to Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>They sealed qualification into the round of 16 after beating Greece 2-0.<\/p>\n<p>In the knockout clash against 10-man Italy they lost 2-1 thanks to a brace from Roberto Baggio, who cancelled out Emmanuel Amuneke\u2019s opener.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria : Former Nigeria international Daniel Amokachi has said the duo of Wilfred Ndidi and Victor Osimhen are good enough to make the Super Eagles 1994 World Cup squad, Completesports.com reports. Amokachi said this during his radio programme \u201cThe Bull\u2019s Pit\u201d on Brila FM. Ndidi and Osimhen have been outstanding for Leicester City and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":20305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[763,115],"class_list":["post-23989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-ndidi","tag-nigerian-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ndidi, Osimhen Would Make Eagles 1994 World Cup Squad - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria :Former Nigeria international Daniel Amokachi has said the duo of Wilfred Ndidi and Victor Osimhen are good enough to\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndidi-osimhen-would-make-eagles-1994-world-cup-squad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ndidi, Osimhen Would Make Eagles 1994 World Cup Squad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria :Former Nigeria international Daniel Amokachi has said the duo of Wilfred Ndidi and Victor Osimhen are good enough to\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndidi-osimhen-would-make-eagles-1994-world-cup-squad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-16T16:05:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/wilfred-ndidi-1-getty-730x430-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"730\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"430\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndidi-osimhen-would-make-eagles-1994-world-cup-squad#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndidi-osimhen-would-make-eagles-1994-world-cup-squad\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Ndidi, Osimhen Would Make Eagles 1994 World Cup Squad\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-16T16:05:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndidi-osimhen-would-make-eagles-1994-world-cup-squad\"},\"wordCount\":274,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndidi-osimhen-would-make-eagles-1994-world-cup-squad#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/wilfred-ndidi-1-getty-730x430-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Ndidi\",\"Nigerian sports\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndidi-osimhen-would-make-eagles-1994-world-cup-squad#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndidi-osimhen-would-make-eagles-1994-world-cup-squad\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ndidi-osimhen-would-make-eagles-1994-world-cup-squad\",\"name\":\"Ndidi, Osimhen Would Make Eagles 1994 World Cup Squad - 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