Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a striker for the Super Eagles Yakubu Aiyegbeni has finally opened up on his much condemned and criticized open goal miss at the 2010 World Cup.
The former Everton striker revealed that missing an open goal in the World Cup clash against South Korea 10 years ago was the unearthly moment of his career.
Meanwhile, the Super Eagles could have proceeded to the round of 16 if Yakubu had succeeded in scoring that goal in the 66th minute in front of an open goal even though Nigeria initially lost their first two matches to Argentina and Greece.
Well, now the former Portsmouth and Blackburn Rover’s striker says that moment was the weirdest of his career as he still receives insult and abusive words till this today due of that miss.
“Missing one of the chances of the decade of the World Cup in South Africa 2010, I still get messages everyday about it, sometimes some of them are being nice, sometimes some of them are being rude. ‘ Yakubu told South African journalist Carol Tshabalala via Instagram live.
“I just ignore them, some of them are looking for attention. In football you miss chances, they are thinking about the miss, they are not thinking of the joy you bring to people’s lives when you play.
“You miss chances in your clubsides and you still play the next game and people forget about it, but going back home you miss chances and people still think about it.”
Yakubu also named Everton striker Daniel Amokachi as his role model growing up.
“Growing up watching Amokachi was something nice, I call him sexy big brother. He’s a nice guy. He was the assistant manager of the national team as well when I was in the national team, so it was an honour to be with him in the same team, we didn’t play together there, we were very close.
“Watching him on TV, the way he bullied the defenders, the way he scores goals, you can see the smile on his face and the dedication is there.
“Watching him, Kanu and Jay-Jay is unbelievable,”
Watch the goal missing video below;
Happy 35th birthday to Yakubu Aiyegbeni, as he also retires from football today.— Biyi The Plug 🔌 (@BiyiThePlug) November 22, 2017
But can you all forgive him for this great miss against Korea ? pic.twitter.com/rdtASuheRy
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