What is known as the African Eagle on the football field is

The Nigerian national men’s football team is known as the African Eagles on the football field.

This team is a powerful team in African football and even world football. Nigeria’s peak period was from 1994 to 1998, and for such a team, many players are also in Europe. Those who join the club in the league have also learned many advanced football playing methods in the European leagues. It can be said that the entire Nigerian football team is also full of talents.

In the 1962 Chile World Cup, Nigeria sent a team to participate in the qualifying rounds for the first time. After more than 30 years of hard work, it finally realized its dream in the 1994 World Cup in the United States. As a new team in the World Cup, Nigeria's performance was amazing, defeating Bulgaria and Greece, losing to Argentina 1-2, and advancing as the first in the group.

In the knockout round, they met the Italian team and still led 1-0 towards the end, but were reversed by their opponents at the last minute. Although they failed to go further, Nigeria left a deep impression on fans around the world, and the "African Eagle" came from this.

World Cup Classic Battle:

In 1994, Nigeria, which participated in the World Cup for the first time, met Italy led by Baggio in the knockout round. When the game reached the 89th minute, Nigeria still led Italy 1-0.

With victory in sight, Baggio stepped up to equalize the score and beat Nigeria with a penalty kick in overtime. Perhaps this game exhausted Baggio's luck. He missed a penalty kick in the final against Brazil and was only one step away from becoming a god.

After 20 years, Nigeria met its old rival Argentina in the knockout round, causing a lot of trouble for the opponent. At this time, Argentina has Messi at his peak and is the favorite to win the 2022 World Cup.

In this game, Messi scored twice and shined brightly, but Nigeria's Musa did not show any weakness, equalizing the score twice, and it was inseparable from the king of the ball. Although Argentina relied on Rojo's knee to defeat Nigeria in the end, it also allowed Messi to use his unprecedented strength, which may have paved the way for him to have no achievements in the final against the German team.