TARIBO WEST SAYS SEX WAS THE REASON SUPER EAGLES LOST 4-1 TO DENMARK AT FRANCE ‘98 WORLD CUP

Twenty years today, the Super Eagles lost heavily to Denmark in a France ’98 World Cup. British newspaper, Daily Mail has revealed that one of the prime actors in the match...

Taribo West has claimed that the Nigerian players “were tired after overworking themselves with women, the night before the match.”
Taribo made the hilarious confession of why his side lost 1998 World Cup clash against Denmark after sneaking groupies into training camp.

Before the match, the Super Eagles of Nigeria were one of the fairytale stories of the competition after surprisingly topping their group with six points ahead of Spain, Bulgaria and Paraguay. The two wins were over Bulgaria and Spain.

The Super Eagles were paired against Denmark for the knock-out tie and were overwhelming favourites but failed to continue their astonishing run as an abject performance saw them bow out as 4-1 losers. The defense line that had Taribo West was in shambles all through...

After becoming one of the tournaments main talking points, West said players enjoyed the sudden attention they started to receive. The former Inter and AC Milan defender said his team-mates were too complacent for the game and had made themselves fatigued the night before.

It will be recalled that the Danes led by Brian Laudrup and co went ahead just three minutes into the tie at the Stade de France and sailed into a four-goal lead, with Tijani Babangida’s strike proving to be consolation for the former African champions.

‘I read reports about Eagles visiting nightclubs and driving limousines during the World Cup in France, honestly, I don’t know about that,’ Taribo told the Punch.
“But what I know is that some players sneaked women into camp, I saw that...

“...The women were Africans who came to watch the tournament and fell in love with our team, because of the way we played in the group stage. So, it was easy for these players to woo them to their rooms...

“That is why on match day, you could see a lot of the players didn’t have the strength to curtail the Danish players.”
Nigeria’s popular side included stars such as former Bolton showman Jay Jay Okocha and ex Arsenal and Portsmouth striker Nwankwo Kanu.

“They were tired after overworking themselves the night before with the women. I was yelling at them on the pitch, I was very angry with them. They did all these because they thought we were going to beat Denmark,’ West added.

Taribo West, who is now 46-year-old, had a brief spell in England with Derby County, he now practices as a Christian pastor in his native Nigeria.