Eagles against the Lions and the Antelopes

Goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali’s injury as a result of collision with a Cameroonian player in the second round match between the two African giants in the ongoing Africa Nations Cup tournament provokes memories. A similar incident occurred 35 years ago when then Green Eagles goalkeeper and now goalkeeper coach, Alloy Agu, collided with a Cameroonian player and was stretchered off the field just like Nwabali. How history repeats itself! Similar collision, same opponent.
That particular match in 1989 between the Eagles as the Nigerian national football is known, and the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon could perhaps be seen as more crucial than the second round encounter that Nigeria just had with Cameroon in AFCON 2023. Circumstantially, more