7. The money row before the match
Teams with wrangling in their camps almost never perform well in a major competition like this. France learned their lesson from the 2010 edition, but when will Nigeria learn? Financial wrangling after qualifying for the second round saw the team miss a training session after dissipating all their energy arguing over appearance fee. While the French were busy thinking of the Eagles, the Eagles were thinking of their friends at the Bureau de Change!
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