Thursday, May 7, 2020

Okocha: Why I embarassed Oliver Kahn during my time in Germany

Super Eagles legend, Austin Jay-Jay Okocha has revealed why he dribbled former Germany goalkeeper, Olivier Kahn during his time in Germany.
During his time with Eintracht Frankfurt in 1993, the former Bolton Wanderers midfielder scored the final goal in a game against Karlsruhe after coming on as a second half substitute.

Okocha who received the ball inside the box after a swift counter-attacking play from his team dribbled the former Bayern Munich goalkeeper who came out of his line to thwart the attack.
He did not only get pass the goalkeeper but also two defenders who want to stop the attack before slotting ball into the net.
Few years after the incident, Okocha has disclosed what urged him to disgrace the former Germany International despite the growing reputation he has in his country.  The 46-year-old sight the level of racism in the European country to why he made the decision to embarrass them in order to prove a point.

According to Okocha, he dribbled them to show he is a racist in a legal way after been subject to a lot of racist abuses.
"When I first got to Europe, it was Germany that I went to and the level of racism their was high. I never knew I was black until I got to Germany.
"When I got the opportunity to sign a deal and I signed, I was like - how am I going to repay this people back in a legal way. Then, I decide to dribble them in order to show am a racist." Okocha who scored sixteen goals in his four years stay at the club, joined them in December 1991 but had to depart in 1995, after a feud with manager Jupp Heynckes which led to the relegation of the club to Bundesliga 2.

Question: Is that a nice way to revenge for the Nigerian International and should other Africa player learn from that instead of feeling intimidated?

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