Amokachi was part of Nigeria’s U-23 side that beat the likes of Brazil and Argentina on the way to winning a historic Gold medal at the football event of the 1996 Olympics.

The former forward scored a 74th minute equalizer which helped Nigeria to come from behind to win the final against Argentina.

Taking his mind back to the win, Amokachi says that the character of the team helped them in winning Gold at the games.

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“The character, maturity and mentality of us all is what made us into champions,” the former Nigeria;s NO. 14 told FIFA official website.

“The love that we had for each other made it possible because we were one strong family. I remember when the (Nigerian) FA were unhappy with and they decided to bring in another coach and lay him off just a couple of days before the Olympics.

"We were already in America and as a team we said: ‘If you’re sending him away, then you’ll need to find new players.’ That spirit alone showed and made us believe that we were all in this together and that it would make us into champions.”

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Amokachi, who scored 13 times in 44 games for Nigeria also believes that the current Dream team can pull off the same Gold winning feat of 1996

“Every generation has their moment,” the former Everton forward said.

“The current team have a coach who is with them and they did well in qualification. They have to go there and be themselves, enjoy every second of the experience game by game, and we’ll see what happens.”

The Dream Team VI beat Japan 5-4 in their first game of Rio 2016.