Olympic Football Tournaments Beijing 2008 - Men

Matches

10/08/2008

Nigeria Japan

2:1

2:1 (0:0)

Victor OBINNA (58')
Victor ANICHEBE (74')

Yohei TOYODA (79')

Match 11

Tianjin
Tianjin Olympic Sports Center Stadium

Referee: Masoud MORADI (IRN)

Summary

Obinna spurs Nigeria revival

Obinna spurs Nigeria revival

Brescia's Victor Obinna scored one and set up another as Nigeria beat Japan 2-1 in Tianjin to move to the top of Group B. More »

Line-up

1 Ambruse VANZEKIN (GK) $.img{src:'/s/200291.png'} NGA1 Ambruse VANZEKIN	1 (GK) Shusaku NISHIKAWA $.img{src:'/s/214581.png'} JPN1 Shusaku NISHIKAWA
2 Chibuzor OKONKWO $.img{src:'/s/296290.png'} NGA2 Chibuzor OKONKWO	2 (-75' ) Hajime HOSOGAI $.img{src:'/s/233498.png'} JPN2 Hajime HOSOGAI
4 Onyekachi APAM $.img{src:'/s/230223.png'} NGA4 Onyekachi APAM	4 (C) Hiroki MIZUMOTO $.img{src:'/s/214584.png'} JPN4 Hiroki MIZUMOTO
5 Dele ADELEYE $.img{src:'/s/230233.png'} NGA5 Dele ADELEYE	6 Masato MORISHIGE $.img{src:'/s/268594.png'} JPN6 Masato MORISHIGE
8 Sani KAITA $.img{src:'/s/233751.png'} NGA8 Sani KAITA	7 Atsuto UCHIDA $.img{src:'/s/268474.png'} JPN7 Atsuto UCHIDA
9 Victor OBINNA $.img{src:'/s/230228.png'} NGA9 Victor OBINNA (-77' )	8 Keisuke HONDA $.img{src:'/s/233500.png'} JPN8 Keisuke HONDA
10 Promise ISAAC (C) $.img{src:'/s/200299.png'} NGA10 Promise ISAAC (-73' )	12 Hiroyuki TANIGUCHI $.img{src:'/s/285693.png'} JPN12 Hiroyuki TANIGUCHI
11 Solomon OKORONKWO $.img{src:'/s/200303.png'} NGA11 Solomon OKORONKWO	13 Michihiro YASUDA $.img{src:'/s/268478.png'} JPN13 Michihiro YASUDA
12 Ebenezer AJILORE $.img{src:'/s/278611.png'} NGA12 Ebenezer AJILORE	14 (-63' ) Shinji KAGAWA $.img{src:'/s/268596.png'} JPN14 Shinji KAGAWA
13 Olubayo ADEFEMI $.img{src:'/s/230230.png'} NGA13 Olubayo ADEFEMI	16 Takuya HONDA $.img{src:'/s/279072.png'} JPN16 Takuya HONDA
14 Peter ODEMWINGIE $.img{src:'/s/214228.png'} NGA14 Peter ODEMWINGIE (-62' )	17 (-63' ) Tadanari LEE $.img{src:'/s/286276.png'} JPN17 Tadanari LEE

Substitute(s)

6 Monday JAMES $.img{src:'/s/230224.png'} NGA6 Monday JAMES	3 Maya YOSHIDA $.img{src:'/s/271253.png'} JPN3 Maya YOSHIDA
7 Chinedu OGBUKE OBASI $.img{src:'/s/200301.png'} NGA7 Chinedu OGBUKE OBASI (+73')	5 Yuto NAGATOMO $.img{src:'/s/291372.png'} JPN5 Yuto NAGATOMO
15 Efe AMBROSE $.img{src:'/s/273291.png'} NGA15 Efe AMBROSE	9 (+63') Yohei TOYODA $.img{src:'/s/214601.png'} JPN9 Yohei TOYODA
16 Victor ANICHEBE $.img{src:'/s/296140.png'} NGA16 Victor ANICHEBE (+62')	10 (+75') Yohei KAJIYAMA $.img{src:'/s/214594.png'} JPN10 Yohei KAJIYAMA
17 Emmanuel EKPO $.img{src:'/s/266958.png'} NGA17 Emmanuel EKPO (+77')	11 (+63') Shinji OKAZAKI $.img{src:'/s/286278.png'} JPN11 Shinji OKAZAKI
18 Ikechukwu EZENWA $.img{src:'/s/273287.png'} NGA18 Ikechukwu EZENWA	15 Takayuki MORIMOTO $.img{src:'/s/214612.png'} JPN15 Takayuki MORIMOTO
19 Oladapo OLUFEMI $.img{src:'/s/273297.png'} NGA19 Oladapo OLUFEMI	18 Kaito YAMAMOTO $.img{src:'/s/233463.png'} JPN18 Kaito YAMAMOTO

Coaches

Samson SIASIA (NGA)

(JPN) Yasuharu SORIMACHI

Officials

Referee: Masoud MORADI (IRN)Assistant Referee 1: Hassan KAMRANIFAR (IRN)Assistant Referee 2: Luay SUBHI (IRQ)Fourth official: Khalil AL GHAMDI (KSA)

Photos

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Quotes

"We're not afraid of anyone, we just want to go out and get the job done," Samson Siasia, Nigeria coach.

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