FIFA World Youth Championship Nigeria 1999

First stage

Nigeria - Paraguay

1:2 (1:2)

Match	Date	Time	Venue / Stadium	Attendance
25	10 April 1999	16:00	Lagos / National	25000

Match Officials

Referee Jan WEGEREEF (NED)	Assistant Referee 1 Abdelmajid JEDDIOUI (MAR)
	Assistant Referee 2 Ali KHOSRAVI (IRN)

Goals scored

Sergio FERNANDEZ (PAR) 9',
Ruben MALDONADO (PAR) 22',
Ganiyu SHITTU (NGA) 38'

Nigeria

Line-up

[1]
Sam OKOYE (GK)
[2]
Gbenga OKUNOWO
[3]
Ikenna ENEH
[5]
John ARANKA
[6]
Ozuah IKEMEFUNA
[7]
Haruna BABANGIDA (-40')
[8]
Hashimu GARBA
[10]
Abubakar MUSA
[11]
Ganiyu SHITTU (-54')
[15]
Rabiu AFOLABI (C)
[17]
Julius AGHAHOWA

Substitute(s)

[4]
Obinna OKPALA
[9]
Gabriel MELKAM
[12]
Dominic ORUMA
[13]
Pius IKEDIA
[14]
Joseph YOBO (+40')
[16]
Iloenusi CHIKELUE
[18]
Eddy DOMBRAYE (+54')

Coach

Thijs LIBREGTS (NED)

Paraguay

Line-up

[1]
Christian FLORENTIN (GK)
[2]
Emilio MARTINEZ
[4]
Paulo DA SILVA (C)
[5]
Ruben MALDONADO
[6]
Ever GIMENEZ
[7]
Sergio FERNANDEZ (-45' HT)
[9]
Roque SANTA CRUZ (-80')
[14]
Elvis MARECOS
[15]
Salvador CABANAS (-45' HT)
[16]
Jorge BRITEZ
[17]
Walter FRETES

Substitute(s)

[3]
Roberto BLANCO
[8]
Isidro CANDIA
[10]
Francisco ESCOBAR
[11]
Nelson CUEVAS (+45' HT)
[12]
Roberto BAGNOLI
[13]
Nelson VERA (+80')
[18]
Miguel DOMINGUEZ (+45' HT)

Coach

Mario JACQUET (UNK)

Cautions

Walter FRETES (PAR) 28'
, Gbenga OKUNOWO (NGA) 60'
, Rabiu AFOLABI (NGA) 61'
, Ozuah IKEMEFUNA (NGA) 65'
, Jorge BRITEZ (PAR) 72'

Expulsions

Ikenna ENEH (NGA) 75'

a.e.t.:	After extra time	(C):	Captain	PSO:	Penalty Shoot-out
GK:	Goalkeeper	N:	Not eligible to play	I:	Injured
Y:	Yellow cards	Pos:	Positions	A:	Absent
D:	Defender	M:	Midfielder	Min:	Minutes played
GF:	Goals for	GA:	Goals against	PK:	Penalty Kicks
FC:	Fouls Committed	FS:	Fouls Suffered	R:	Direct Expulsions
F:	Forward	SG/S:	Shots on Goal/Shots	Y: 2Y=R:	Yellow cards Expulsions due to Second Caution