Milutinovic Savours Memories Of Coaching Nigeria, Four Others At World Cup
Serbian-born coach, Bora Milutinovic, says he still has fond memories of leading the Super Eagles of Nigeria and four other countries to five different FIFA senior World Cups. Aside from the Super Eagles whom Milutinovic, 72, took to the 1998 World Cup in France, he also managed Mexico, hosts of the 1986 edition, Costa Rica at Italia 1990, hosts of the 1994 World Cup, United States of America and China at the Korea/Japan World Cup in 2002. While in charge of the Super Eagles at France 1998, Milutinovic guarded the team to a surprise 3-2 win against a Spanish team that had Real Madrid greats Fernando Hierro, Raul Gonzalez, Fernando Morientes, Barcelona goalkeeping icon, Andoni Zubizarreta and also Luis Enrique who recently stepped down as the Catalan manager. The Super Eagles topped their group that also had Bulgaria and Paraguay, but crashed out in the round of 16 after losing 4-1 to Denmark. Reminiscing on his experience of managing five different countries at five dif...