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No Regrets Representing Nigeria – Aiyegbeni

by Leadership News
10 months ago
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Former Nigerian international Yakubu Aiyegbeni has declared that he had no regrets representing the Super Eagles despite always being remembered for his infamous goal missed at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

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Aiyegbeni missed a tap-in during a World Cup game between Nigeria and South Korea.

The miss came when Nigeria was trailing the Koreans 2-1 in their final Group A match at the Moses Mabhida Stadium, South Africa.

The “Yak” would later score from the penalty spot, but Super Eagles fans were, at the time, unable to move past the unbelievable miss.

However, in an interview with Flashscore, the former Everton striker stated that Nigerians should always remember how his goals qualified the team for the 2002 World Cup that was cohosted by South Korea and Japan.

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“Me, regret playing for Nigeria? No chance. It is an honour for me playing for Nigeria, every player wants to play for his country. I was born in Nigeria, grew up in Benin, Edo State, Nigeria. It is an honour to wear Nigeria’s green and white jersey,” Yakubu told Flashscore in the interview.

“Being at the World Cup in South Africa is (another) great (opportunity) representing my country. We should all forget the miss and remember the good ones. It is funny when people still talk about it – it is almost 14 years already – and people still talk about the miss and not the good ones.

“They did (not talk) about when I qualified Nigeria for the World Cup in South Korea and Japan but was dropped; they never spoke about that. I still had the courage to take the penalty after 10 minutes and people still send me message about missing that goal.

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“I don’t think we would still win the 2010 World Cup. We have been to other World Cups plus the ones we did not qualify for but people never talked about it.

“We all watch Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, they all missed chances, but people still talk about my own miss – I think people just love me for that,” he said.


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