Former Super Eagles defender, Taribo West, has alleged that some players sneaked women into their hotel rooms the night before the Round of 16 game against Denmark at the 1998 World Cup in France.
Nigeria lost 4-1 to their Danish counterparts in front of 77,000 fans at Stade de France, Saint-Denis.
Taribo told The PUNCH that Nigerian players were exhausted from being with women the night before the June 28, 1998 clash.
“I read reports about Eagles visiting nightclubs and driving limousines during the World Cup in France, honestly, I don’t know about that,” he said.
“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. 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.”
Taribo claimed the players took the women in because they thought Denmark would be an easy fry.
