Nigeria: At Last, Onigbinde's Fledgelings Become Eagles

21 May 2002
opinion

Lagos — After three months of tinkering with his team, Coach Adegboye Onigbide's fledglings have finally become Super Eagles with which he hopes to stun the world at the Mundial which kicks off next Friday in Korea and Japan.

Since commencing his World Cup build up on March 27 with a match against Paraguay till last Saturday's final grade A tie against the Reggae Boyz of Jamaica, Onigbinde's side has remained unbeaten and have returned to the nation the belief in the team lost after their unimpressive outing at the Nations Cup in Mali.

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