
They hadn’t met each other until they were thrown into camp to vie for their places in Nigeria’s 23-man squad for the 2002 Korea/Japan World Cup.
Coach Adegboye Onigbinde, who replaced Shaibu Amodu after the World Cup ticket was already in the bag, had selected Ike Shorunmu alongside Vincent Enyeama and Austin Ejide as his goalkeepers for the tournament.
At 35, Shorunmu, who was playing his trade in Switzerland with Lucerne, was deep into the


