World Cup 1998 Nigeria Espana

Phase de groupe

13 juin 1998

Stade de la Beaujoire

ENG

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Emmené par le génial Jay-Jay Okocha, le Nigeria frappe le premier grand coup du Mondial en dominant l'Espagne 3-2 dans la phase de groupes. Menés à deux reprises, les Super Eagles reviennent à chaque fois au tableau d'affichage, avec, au passage, une bourde monumentale du gardien Zubizarreta sur le but de l'égalisation à 2-2. Sunday Olisey illumine la fin de match (78e) avec une frappe puissante et limpide pour offrir la victoire à son équipe.

13th June 1998. The FIFA World Cup is in mourning. Fernand Sastre, who had helped bring the World Cup to France with Michel Platini, has died after a long battle with ill health. But despite rumours of matches being cancelled, the show had to go on, and the tournament was treated to an absolute classic. It was billed as one of the big games of the first round of group stages matches, and a battle between the previous two Olympic gold medal-winning teams. Spain, who had won in Barcelona in 1992, had long been considered the dark horses for major tournaments, without ever turning their considerable talents into something concrete on the big occasion – witness the crumbling against Italy in 1994, or the penalty shootout exit in Euro 96. They would start the match, and the group, as clear favourites, as well as potential contenders for the overall tournament.

But in Nigeria they would face a team on whom so much expectation had been placed. Winning the gold medal in Atlanta, by far the greatest achievement by an African side in international football thus far, suggested that at last the continent had a team they could hope or even expect could go far in this World Cup. This was especially in light of promising performances from the Super Eagles in their first World Cup appearance in 1994, where they had topped a group including Argentina and Bulgaria before Roberto Baggio took it upon himself to single-handedly knock them out in the second round.