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FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Tahiti 2013
    06/09/2011 - WeatherweatherCode11
    1:4 (0:0, 1:3, 0:1)
    Match 24
    Ravenna
    Stadio del Mare
    Referee:  Ivo DE MORAES (BRA)

    Summary

    Nigeria through as Tahiti tumble
    Nigeria through as Tahiti tumble
    Nigeria kept up their nerve in a do-or-die final match of Group C at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, beating Tahiti 4-1 to move on to the quarter-finals. More »
    Teva ZAVERONI
    Tahiti - Nigeria

    Line-up

    1
    Jonathan TOROHIA (GK)
    1
    (GK) Abdullahi ISA
    3
    Marama AMAU Misses next match if booked
    3
    Goal Ogbonnaya OKEMMIRI
    5
    Angelo TCHEN
    6
    Goal Goal Victor TALE
    6
    Heiarii TAVANAE
    7
    (C) Isiaka OLAWALE
    9
    Naea BENNETT (C)
    10
    Bartholomew IBENEGBU

    Substitute(s)

    12
    Franck REVEL (GK)
    12
    (GK) Olalekan OLADEPO
    2
    BENNETT STEVEN
    2
    Nelson NWOSU
    4
    Heimanu TAIARUI
    9
    Penalty Musa NAJARE
    7
    Raimana LI FUNG KUEE
    11
    Misses next match if booked James OKWUOSA
    8
    Tainui LEHARTEL
    4
    Absent A Shehu MAIJAMA
    10
    Tearii LABASTE
    5
    Absent Emmanuel KYANDE
    11
    Teva ZAVERONI Goal
    8
    Absent Azeez ABU

    Coaches

    Teva ZAVERONI (TAH)
    (NGA) Audu ADAMU

    Officials

    Referee: DE MORAES Ivo (BRA)Second referee: RODRIGUEZ Juan (ARG)Third referee: BENTANCOR Javier (URU)Timekeeper: DE LA ROSA Rene (CHI)

    Have Your Say

    Statistics

    TahitiTAHNigeriaNGA
    41Shots28
    8Corner kicks3
    7Overheads1
    0Yellow cards0
    0Second yellow card and red card0
    0Red Cards0
    47%Possession (%)53%

    Photos

    • Teva Zaveroni (L) and Raimana Li Fung Kuee (R) of Tahiti and Musa Najare of Nigeria battle for the ball
    • Teva Zaveroni (L) and Ogbonnaya Okemmiri of Nigeria battle for the ball
    • Steven Bennett of Tahiti battles for the ball with Musa Najare of Nigeria
    • Victor Tale of Nigeria celebrates scoring a goal with a back flip
    • Victor Tale of Nigeria celebrates scoring a goal with a back flip
    • Angelo Tchen of Tahiti is helped up by Bartholomew Ibenegbu of Nigeria

    Quotes

    "I said at the start of the tournament that we would qualify for the second stage. We’ve come on in leaps and bounds since the start of the competition. That’s also because, not having a national league, we knew that we would improve from match to match," Audu Adamu, Nigeria coach.

    Standings

    TeamMPGFGAPts
    RUS32079
    NGA313126
    TAH36113
    VEN38170

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