Ilunga Mwepu – Phoenix From The Flames
One of the best Phoenix From The Flames and it’s good to see Ilunga laughing about it now. Their story is actually quite sad, Zaire were then the first sub-Saharan African team to qualify for the World Cup finals but during the tournament the players discovered they would not be paid. Beyond the laughable incident against Brazil there was a lot of despair: according to Ilunga, in an interview with Brazilian FourFourTwo magazine, the president’s guards (who were getting the promised money) threatened the players if they lost by more than 3 goals.
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