Nigeria Lose Heavily To Algeria In Algiers "90 Opening Match

On a wet and windy Friday evening of 2 March 1990, the Super Eagles of Nigeria lost 5-1 to Algeria's Desert Foxes in the opening match of Algiers '90 African Cup of Nations. 


The likes of Rabah Madjah, Djamel Menad, Cherif El-Ouazzani and Djamel Amani were architects of the victory. Emma Okocha scored a consolation for the West Africans at the 5 July 1962 Stadium in Algiers in a match watched by 65, 000 raving fans.