A top coach once said,, "In football, you win some and you lose some", truer words has never been spoken. But there are losses that were accrued as a result of some terrible misses that can be very hard to contain, misses that ends up turning a joyous day into a sad day, that such day was brought to the fore in football, during the 2010 World Cup.
June 22, 2010, a day Nigerians will hardly or never forget. The super eagles took on South Korea in the final match of the group stage,, a win would undoubtedly take them to the Round of 16, the fans were desperately hoping for a better outcome from the match after they(Super Eagles) lost their first match against Argentina and drew their second against Greece,, they needed to win South Korea and hope Argentina wins Greece..
It got to a point in the match when the super eagles were pressing South Korea and taking the match to them in full force, a ball was swung into the penalty area by Ayila Yusuf and it found then Everton striker, Yakubu Aiyebeni, who had the net at his mercy, at that point in time, Yakubu facing the net was probably Nigeria's hope of lifting the World cup,,it was a glorious chance, he had just the goal line to beat but he skewed his chance and played the ball away from the net and straight over the corner line to the disbelief of many.
That miss was tagged the worst miss of the tournament and probably every world cup tournament that has been played, it was so unbelievable, a miss people, especially Nigerians will hardly forget.
You can watch the highlight below..
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