African legends: Jay Jay Okocha scores stunning goal in novelty match, video

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  • Super Eagles fable Austin Jay Jay Okocha scored a superb extremity during a novelty lucifer successful Somalia
  • Okocha was 1 of 3 African shot legends who took portion successful a FIFA-backed 'Peace Tour' aimed astatine helping reconstruct the country's image
  • The planetary stars defeated the section broadside 8-4 astatine the nationalist stadium successful Mogadishu connected Tuesday evening, May 27

Austin Jay Jay Okocha dazzled spectators astatine the National Stadium successful Mogadishu with his trademark skills and flair.

His operation with Cameroonian Football Federation President Samuel Eto’o and Togo fable Emmanuel Adebayor brought joyousness to the faces of Somali fans.

The trio were connected an ambassadorial mission, utilizing shot arsenic a instrumentality to beforehand bid successful the country.

Barcelona, Inter Milan, Samuel Eto'o, Somalia, Jay Jay Okocha.Barcelona and Inter Milan fable Samuel Eto'o takes connected his hostile during a novelty lucifer astatine the Mogadishu Stadium successful Somalia. Photo by: @mometov.
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Okocha, Eto’o Adebayor radiance successful Somalia

Nigeria fable Austin Jay Jay Okocha scored a extremity successful an accumulation lucifer which ended 8-4 against a section broadside astatine the nationalist stadium successful Mogadishu connected Tuesday evening, May 27.

In a station connected Instagram, the erstwhile two-time BBC Player of the Year made a large combo with African legends Samuel Eto’o and Emmanuel Adebayor earlier converting the extremity astatine adjacent range.

The Bolton fable had different accidental to summation the extremity tally but skilfully failed to person it, creating an accidental for the location broadside to support anticipation live successful the friendly.

2008 CAF Player of the Year Emmanuel Adebayor made a mates of good runs successful the crippled arsenic helium tore isolated the defence of their opponent.

The crippled yet ended successful favour of the FIFA-selected squad to beforehand peace.

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somalia, Samuel Eto'o, Emmanuel Adebayor, Austin Jay Jay Okocha.Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud stands alongside Samuel Eto’o, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, and Emmanuel Adebayor during their sojourn to Mogadishu. Photo by: @Ehelsan_Saleban.
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Reasons down the novelty match

The novelty lucifer was organised by the Somali authorities arsenic portion of efforts to reconstruct the country’s image.

According to Punch, the Mogadishu National Stadium had been heavy damaged aft being utilized arsenic a basal by Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab insurgents from 2008.

Following a palmy cognition by African Union peacekeepers to thrust retired the militants, the stadium was renovated and officially reopened successful 2020.

Since then, Somalia’s nationalist shot squad has played astir of its location matches successful neighboring countries similar Djibouti and Morocco.

The Somali authorities has reportedly requested FIFA and CAF to re-evaluate the country’s information situation, aiming to big planetary fixtures up of the World Cup qualifiers.

Legit.ng compiled reactions that followed Austin Jay Jay Okocha’s extremity successful Somalia against a section side.

Pazo La wrote:

"Na lone God nary wherever this antheral spell larn skills, that em caput na shot consciousness afloat am, due to the fact that if na maine dem walk shot springiness maine waiting spell de my caput na to occurrence 🔥 amended shot."

Kadugala Nziro said:

"Africa’s top treble Jay."

Quabyna Terry added:

"Form is Temporary, Class is Permanent!!!!"

Okocha explains however CAF robbed him

Legit.ng earlier reported that Super Eagles fable Austin Jay-Jay Okocha has opened up connected however CAF denied him of the accidental of winning the African Footballer of the Year Award successful his career.

The erstwhile Bolton Wanderers attacker has admitted it was unfair for him not to person won the award, but has moved connected from it.

Okocha’s closest effort to triumph it was finishing 2nd successful the 1998 rankings, down erstwhile Moroccan planetary midfielder Mustapha Hadji.

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