Football final fails to match hype

August 24, 2008
FolarinBy Sulaiman Folarin
(Archive)
To label this year's Olympic football final, as dull and colourless would be the biggest understatement of the year. The much anticipated game between two teams, with different styles in Nigeria and Argentina, failed to match the hype.

With Nigeria's male football teams, popularly referred to as the Eagles, playing in the national stadium in Beijing, also known as the Bird's Nest, it was the perfect place to lay a golden egg. With high expectations for the West African nation this magnificent ...

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