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Nigerian football legend, Olusegun Odegbami rechristened ‘mathematical’ because of his calculative accuracy on the pitch has described how and when he scored his first professional goal for Nigerian senior national team known as the Green Eagles as at then.
Odegbami who spoke at the launching of entrepreneur, Obi Cubana’s Odogwu bitters in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire on Sunday night relayed his experience upon scoring his first professional goal for Nigeria.
According to Odegbami, he scored the goal right in Abidjan against the Ivorian national team in 1979 during the World Cup qualifiers.
He added that the Green Eagles had already defeated the Ivorian national team 3-0 in Lagos but were already losing 2-0 in the first half of the return leg in Abidjan.
Continuing, he said upon resumption of second half, he got a pass from Henry Nwosu right in the Green Eagles half and he raced and dribbled his way to score his first professional goal, describing it as a very sweet experience and feeling.
‘It was a very interesting and unforgettable moment for me, I don’t think I have ever shared this experience before”.
”I love this country so much and it was the fist ever African country i visited” He said.