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A video recap of Nigeria’s two-digit score line against Sao Tome

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It may mot have offered the best spectacle in terms of excitement. But it will easily hit global attention as double digit score lines are rare in international football matches.  

It is 63 years since Nigeria last scored 10 goals in a match. Sao Tome and Principe have now oblitrated the 10-1 Nigerian defeat of Benin Republic in 1959.

The highlights of the 10-0 thrashing of Sao Tome is presented below:

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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