In 1994 FIFA world cup Nigeria was ranked 5th before the world cup in the USA. There's one very noticeable thing that we don't fully recognise about this squad. Everyone could easily agree that this was Nigeria's most formidable squad ever considering what they achieved together. The 1994 AFCON champions, first squad to qualify Nigeria to the world cup, first and only time Nigeria ever topped their world cup group, reaching the round 16 which it still their best till today as they were unfortunately eliminated in the extra time by Italy after leading for most of the match, Also that squad has the best FIFA ranking by a Nigerian national team era. With all these achievements one thing remained prominent, all of the players were Nigerian born players except Efan Ekoku who was born in England. Despite being a successful English Premier League striker, he only managed to get 5 appearances in the one year he played for the super eagles because we had top players like Rashidi Yekini, Daniel Amokachi and Emmanuel Amunike who were pmready to give their life to for the team at that time. Today we go about begging kids born by Nigerian parents in foreign countries—who have no idea about our struggles to come and play in the super eagles because they're successful in their clubs but representing your country is not you just do because you were begged to come do it, it's something your should be hungry to do. It's not a fluke that no foreign coach has ever won the world cup for any nation it the tournament's history, the 8 countries that have managed to win it all used plays that were born in their country and understands the struggles of their country and can connect with the fans. Do you think a Brazilian born and raised in England will ever make it the Brazilian national team?