Nigeria’s unexpected loss to Tunisia in the knock-out stage, has thrown her football fans into pity-party, causing them that start comparing the performance of the Super Eagles goalkeeper, Maduka Okoye, whose poor dive led to the goal scored by the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia, and Nigerian veteran goalkeeper, Vincent Enyema.
Recall that Tunisia defeated Nigeria to advance to the quarter-finals of the AFCON after Tunisia’s player, Youssef Msakni, scored the only goal when Maduka parried his shot into his own net.
This development has sparked social media reactions s many football pundits and fans had earlier tipped the Super Eagles as favorites for the competition. Hence, it was disheartening to see them exiting the competition despite the array of stars in the team.
Also, the Super Eagles are the only team in the tournament that won three of their games to acquire the full nine points. Hence, it was heartbreaking for many fans to take the loss considering also that the Tunisian team was already depleted with COVID-19.
Reacting to the loss, some Nigerians took to their Twitter accounts to compare the likes of former Super Eagle goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama and Maduka Okoye. See some of their thoughts below:
@ElSirdeeq99 writes: “39-year-old Enyeama >>>> Okoye-Akpeyi-Uzoho combined. Bring this man back from retirement for WC.”
@BurnaDon1 writes: “You never know the value of what you have until it’s gone. Nigeria misses you a lot VINCENT ENYEAMA.”
@Bobby_Filson Writes: “Petition to bring Vincent Enyeama out of retirement… Who’s with me?”
@KoloKennethK writes: “Enyeama was soo good, but you Nigerians should stop dragging Okoye and comparing him to Enyeama because that ball got a bit of deflection before it went in. He even had a touch.”
@theseyibello writes: “Very stupid take. Maduka could. never reach the heights of Carl Ikeme at this rate. And Carl is not near Enyeama.”
