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Best ever African Team in a World Cup

As far as I'm aware, no African Team has ever got to the semi finals, however there have been many exciting teams to get close.

Who do you think was the best African Team ever to compete at a World Cup?

I would say Nigeria 1994, I know they only got to the 2nd Round, but they smashed Bulgaria and Greece and only narrowly lost to Argentina (before Maradona got banned).

They were quite unlucky to get Italy in the 2nd Round and could easily have won that match before a last gasp equaliser from the great Roberto Baggio.

Who do you think? Cameroon 1990? Senegal 2002? Ghana 2010? Anyone else?


posted on 28/6/18

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posted on 28/6/18


Cameroon 1990

Roger Milla


Put African football on the map.

posted on 28/6/18

I forgot about Algeria last time, good side.

Also, really liked Morocco in 1998, a late pen for Norway knocked them out, they deserved to go through I feel.

posted on 28/6/18

comment by peks " El Patrón " (U6618)

posted 8 minutes ago

Nigeria team of the mid-late 90s were by far the best African team I've seen

'94 Nigeria team, could quite easily have reached the final. with just a touch more luck
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Agreed

posted on 28/6/18

Probably no one has still made a bigger impact than Cameroon in '90. Though I wasn't born at the time. Nigeria in '94 played better football than Cameroon did 4 years earlier, but their naivety cost them against Italy in extra time. In terms of squad quality, would have to be Cote D'Ivoire in the Drogba years, followed by Nigeria in '98, but both teams never lived up to the hype.

posted on 28/6/18

comment by peks " El Patrón " (U6618)
posted 1 hour, 33 minutes ago
Nigeria team of the mid-late 90s were by far the best African team I've seen

'94 Nigeria team, could quite easily have reached the final. with just a touch more luck
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Their '98 squad was even better than in '94, supplemented with new players from the side that won the Olympics in '96. They were pretty cocky and complacent when they met Denmark in the 2nd round of France '98 and got ripped apart.

posted on 28/6/18

Yes, Nigeria were also really cocky vs Paraguay in the last group game in 1998. Should've done better that year, but I still couldn't see them getting past Brazil

posted on 1/7/18

NONE - They're all UTTER SHi1TE

posted on 3/7/18

Nigeria 94 and 98

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