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FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Ravenna/Italy 2011

Matches

06/09/2011
1:4 (0:0, 1:3, 0:1)
  • Teva ZAVERONI (15'37")
  • Victor TALE (13'16" 19'11")
  • Musa NAJARE (19'44" PEN)
  • Ogbonnaya OKEMMIRI (30'26")
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 (-3'25" )
3
Ogbonnaya OKEMMIRI
5
Angelo TCHEN (-9'20" )
6
(-4'42" ) Victor TALE
6
Heiarii TAVANAE (-3'28" )
7
(C) Isiaka OLAWALE
9
Naea BENNETT (C) (-3'31" )
10
(-19'10" ) Bartholomew IBENEGBU

Substitute(s)

12
Franck REVEL (GK)
12
(GK) Olalekan OLADEPO
2
BENNETT STEVEN (+7'01")
2
(+19'10") Nelson NWOSU
4
Heimanu TAIARUI (-7'04" ) (+3'28")
9
(-16'55" ) (+4'42") Musa NAJARE
7
Raimana LI FUNG KUEE (-7'01" ) (+3'25")
11
(+16'55") Misses next match if booked James OKWUOSA
8
Tainui LEHARTEL (+9'20")
4
Absent A Shehu MAIJAMA
10
Tearii LABASTE (+7'04")
5
Absent Emmanuel KYANDE
11
Teva ZAVERONI (+3'31")
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

(Total comments 7)


Latest Comments:
Kensea
08/09/2011 at 14:31
Kensea (Nigeria)
Thats d eagles 4 u
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dosdynamiks
07/09/2011 at 12:04
dosdynamiks (Nigeria)
GOOD ONE BOYZZZZZZZZZZ.
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HAGGAI-NGA
07/09/2011 at 10:20
HAGGAI-NGA (Nigeria)
who is next boys? keep beaching.
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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.