Fact

one of my favorite players of all time. So poised!

hi@@carysundling1938

And Van Basten went to Germany in '06 without him

@@mzwandilemahlaba5029 criminal.

Good old days

Okocha didn't play we in this match

I bet you an old man now😅. Time flies!! Stay blessed

@@olufemi42 yes oo..aging with grace 😂. Bless you bro

Wetin e collect ? Dey play

not just africa he is one of too few relly too few

He doesn't fold under pressure at all

Okocha is magic

​@@carysundling1938his family are richer than you now shey you know ,even his granddaughter and son so you sef dey play

But I thought seedorf was a French player ?

​@@2wenty1_savage38Dutch

​@@2wenty1_savage38LOL. NO. He was Surinamese Dutch.

Hundred percent agree. Only, in this game, he clearly played on the wing.

Without doubt, he was the Master in this match, very impressive

Okocha changed the game for the Nigerians. He held on to the ball more and gave passes. He was definitely influential.

You should have seen the game. The Dutch were far superior. Overmars played like an icon.

@@bosunibrahim4924 I don't think that fact was argued in any comment. It is Okocha's influence on the game that was questioned.

Okocha would have made assists if he was on the other side

Okocha played better in this game than he did in the whole France 98 as far as I can remember...

Yekini was still in the team at this point.

All through passes from okocha wasted

​@@samuelamadi8023No

Couple crucial passes went thru .

This was in the run up to the 1998 World Cup. Preparations were characterized by poor planning and player-indiscipline, and the team was given a roasting in this match. Yekini was part of the team, but was clearly past his peak. Kanu would eventually have his heart problem and not make the team to the World Cup. We would later play other warm up matches, losing 1-0 to Germany and 3-0 to Yugoslavia, among other prep matches. However, at the World Cup proper, the team shocked even their most ardent supporters (myself inclusive) by defeating Spain 3-2 in their opening match, and later qualifying from a group that also included Bulgaria and Paraguay. Equally shockingly, they fell 4-1 at the second round to a relatively poor Danish side. The Danes out-thought and out-worked the Eagles, and richly deserved their win. By that match, visions of glory had distracted the Eagles, and rather than focus on Denmark, the boys had trained their thoughts on Brazil, which was the next match. Rufai’s goalkeeping against Denmark was shocking. The entire team was totally not at the office on match day. For this match though, it must be noted that Holland was clearly one of the best teams in the world that year. They would eventually make it to the semi-final of the World Cup, and were only eliminated on penalties by Brazil after drawing 1-1 after extra time. There was nothing to choose between they and Brazil. In this match though, they met a Nigerian team that did not take the match seriously. The score would have been different under other circumstances. Though I still feel the Dutch were the better team, a 5-1 score line certainly flatters them!

Hats off for both players

I don't understand too. Maybe Peoples memory

That was the golden era of football. A lot of national teams were overloaded of great players. This Dutch team is my favorite team ever. I don't think Messi and Cr7 would have thrived in this era.

Prime was 74 Netherland, bsst team ever in football.

I was gonna say the same thing this Netherlands team was amazing and should have won 🏆 in France 98

Me too oo. I didn't know Seedorf was this good. I thought he only had strength and a shot

@@Ayoray10 Exactly right. 25 years later, Seedorf showed his quality in the goal he scored last month in the charity game. Crazy touch, turn and shot. Hope u saw it.

I will never forget this match

France 98

It was against Yugoslavia. We lost woefully 3-0. That Abiodun Baruwa back pass😂😂😂. We lost other games to Deportivo La Corona 5-1 and 4-0 loss to Compostella both club sides in Spain. Infact we lost all friendly games we played enroute to the world cup

Nigeria lost those 3 friendlies to Germany, Netherlands and Yugoslavia and then went on to beat Spain and Bulgaria in France 98. Memories.

​@@joshuaking1291before being humiliated by Denmark.

Hmm it Changed to huge defeat no doubt! 😅😂

@@darkodarko147😂 Nigerians love being entertained in the midst of mediocrity

​@@darkodarko147una just like every opportunity to discredit jay, Holland were dominant and were clearly better team jay jay individual brilliance still stood out, Holland was in their prime

@@darkodarko147 atleast u guys are our wives.. we f*ck SA front and back , even under the tree,in the rain

@@akoladepatrick1081 my brother we are still their masters. They are just envious

Eba Nation collect wotowoto from Netherlands 😂😂😂

No comparison when it come to okocha

I only saw 5-1

Okocha should have been a Brazilian They were just wasting the chances Okocha was creating

Make una Dey deceive una self 😂 😂 how many complete pass Okocha deliver unlike seedorf? The difference is clear! I no say Baba no sabi play ball ooo.. but the thing far from each other..

That's because 5 of Seedorf's long range passes led to 5 goals.

Why did we concede much goal? Baba, it was a bad play, not enough team play, synergy and effective tactics

...thank you, @firemanvisual. I am a big fan of Jay-Jay, but it is so obvious that these two individuals were on different levels here - yet we continue to crow about Jay-Jay's skills, even when they consistently fail to produce the killer ball. We don't like to discuss it, but there is a good reason no single top team signed him. After all, what is the point of showmanship if there is zero efficiency or tactical nous?

very true even with yekini Nigeria was nowhere close to this classy dutch team..okocha too was skillful but compared to seedorf he was he was just a class below

That was a complete team, the Nederland

What a team ( the Netherlands ) ?

tenho a camisa daqueles jogos olimp até hj. que nostalgia. me fizeram sonhar com uma possível vitória nas copas seguintes. mesmo assim ficaram na história do jogo.

No it was more of team work

You saw it too 😢

Okocha should have demanded more from his players.

This set of Dutch players were world stars at that time . Take a look at their team if you know football you’d know we don’t stand a chance.

Yes, running full speed and having to measure a whipped cross that is about to bounce! There are very few people who have the instincts to strike that as he did. 99.99% of the world attempting that would be a disaster.

Edgar davids…arsenal was filled with Dutch players…

@@nellydavis7645 Only Overmars and Bergkamp. The 3rd Ajax player to go to Arsenal was Nwankwo Kanu, who is Nigerian.

@@DreamteamCarlo I am aware of all of this.. but that team had mostly Dutch players on arsenal..to me that’s stacked.😂 plus I know Kanu was on that team because he was one of my favorite players.