By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS
Senegal captain, Kalidou Koulibaly has recognized Nigerian legend, Austin Jay Jay Okocha and the Super Eagles for their contribution to African football, reports PNO Sports.
Okocha was part of the Super Eagles squad that impressed the rest of the world at the 1994 FIFA World Cup hosted by United States of America.
The Super Eagles were eliminated in the second round at the competition by eventual finalists, Italy.
Four years later in France, Okocha was a standout performer in the Super Eagles side that also made it to the second round.
“Obviously 2002 was the last time Senegal got to the World Cup until 2018 when we went to Russia so it was a very long time, 16 years without a World Cup for Senegal.
“It was so long. When I went for my first time in Russia, it was amazing for me. It was my dream and I was really happy when I reached that World Cup,”Koulibaly told the Chelsea official website while discussing his memorable World Cup moment.
“There was the Bafana Bafana World Cup in South Africa which was so good. They made all African people really proud of them because they played good football. We also had Nigeria with Jay-Jay Okocha and those players.
“It’s important to have a lot of good teams from Africa because of course an African team has still not won the World Cup. You can see that African football is progressing and moving forward, which makes me really happy.”
