Many of the better team do participate, but with second rate team (such as
Brazil who lost the semi finals 3:4 to Nigeria in 1996 after what had seemed
like a sure lead that made them sort of nap on the field...).
Just to recapitulate an important point concerning Cameroon's recent Olympic
final victory. They had beaten Brazil 2:1 by a "sudden death" goal.
However...earlier in extra time Brazil scored a 100% legit goal (as everyone
could see on dozen replays on TV), but the linesman raised his flag and the
referee disqualified the goal claiming an alleged offside position. As the
replay clearly showed, that had never happened...so far for how Cameroon
reached the finals.
UG
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Eamonn Condon
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 4:57 PM
To: Track & Field
Subject: t-and-f: Nigerian soccer victory
Randall may be confused by the Nigerian national soccer team's Olympic
victory in Athens, Georgia in 1996. The Super Eagles beat Argentina 3-2 to
win the Olympic gold medal. As most association football fans will know,
many of the better soccer nations don't even participate in the Olympic
soccer tournament. Quite a feat to earn the Olympic title, but not a World
Cup win.
Eamonn Condon
WWW.RunnersGoal.com
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From: "Randall Northam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Jon Entine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "posting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 3:10 AM
Subject: Re: t-and-f: Why Kalenjins Win the Boston Marathon
> on 13/4/01 1:17 AM, Jon Entine at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > BOTH THE Nigerians and Cameroonians won the world cup.
> As I said - stick to what you know.
> Both the Nigerians and Cameroons reached the world cup finals, No African
> country has won it.
> Eygpt - East Africa - has been in the finals three times, Nigeria four.
> Randall Northam
>
>
