FIFA U20 World Cup Canada 2007

First stage

Japan - Nigeria

0:0

Match	Date	Time	Venue / Stadium	Attendance
31	07 July 2007	17:00	Victoria / Royal Athletic Park	11500

Match Officials

Referee German ARREDONDO (MEX)	Assistant Referee 1 Hector DELGADILLO (MEX)
Fourth Official Silviu PETRESCU (CAN)	Assistant Referee 2 Francisco PEREZ (MEX)
Match Commissioner Slim ALOULOU (TUN)

Goals scored

Japan

Line-up

[18]
Yohei TAKEDA (GK)
[2]
Atsuto UCHIDA
[4]
Yohei FUKUMOTO (C)
[6]
Masato MORISHIGE
[7]
Tsukasa UMESAKI (-70')
[11]
Mike HAVENAAR
[13]
Masaki YANAGAWA
[16]
Seiya FUJITA
[17]
Kosuke OTA
[19]
Ryuichi HIRASHIGE (-64')
[20]
Shinji KAGAWA (-78')

Substitute(s)

[1]
Akihiro HAYASHI (GK)
[21]
Kazushige KIRIHATA (GK)
[3]
Michihiro YASUDA (+70')
[5]
Tomoaki MAKINO
[8]
Atomu TANAKA
[9]
Kazuhisa KAWAHARA
[10]
Yosuke KASHIWAGI (+78')
[12]
Yasuhito MORISHIMA
[14]
Kota AOKI (+64')
[15]
Jun AOYAMA

Coach

Yasushi YOSHIDA (JPN)

Nigeria

Line-up

[21]
Ikechukwu EZENWA (GK)
[2]
Suraj SODIQ
[3]
Uwa ECHIEJILE
[4]
Oladapo OLUFEMI [Y]
[5]
Adeniyi AYODEJI
[8]
Ezekiel BALA (C)
[10]
Solomon OWELLO (-68')
[11]
Akeem AGBETU (-54')
[15]
Brown IDEYE (-89')
[16]
Robert EGBETA
[20]
Moses ADAMS

Substitute(s)

[1]
Olufemi THOMAS (GK)
[12]
Moses OCHEJE (GK) [I]
[6]
Efe AMBROSE [N]
[7]
Bello KOFARMATA (+89')
[9]
Nduka OZOKWO (+54')
[13]
Blessing OKARDI
[14]
Chukwuma AKABUEZE (+68')
[17]
Akeem LATIFU [Y]
[18]
Nazifi INUWA
[19]
Kingsley SALAMI

Coach

Ladan BOSSO (NGA)

Cautions

Ezekiel BALA (NGA) 26'
, Ryuichi HIRASHIGE (JPN) 64'
, Suraj SODIQ (NGA) 73'
, Masato MORISHIGE (JPN) 81'
, Seiya FUJITA (JPN) 90'+3

Expulsions

Additional time

First Half: 1'
Second Half: 3'

Japan (JPN)	Statistics	Nigeria (NGA)
13	Shots	25
5	Shots on goal	10
21	Fouls Committed	18
8	Corner kicks	9
0	Direct Free Kicks to Goal	1
0	Indirect Free Kicks to Goal	1
0 / 0	Penalty Kicks	0 / 0
4	Offsides	0
0	Own Goals	0
3	Cautions	2
0	Expulsions due to Second Caution	0
0	Direct Expulsions	0
47%	Possession (%)	53%
23	Actual playing time	26

Japan (JPN)
#	Name	Pos	Min	GF	GA	SG/S	PK	Fouls		Y	2Y=R	R
#	Name	Pos	Min	GF	GA	SG/S	PK	FC	FS	Y	2Y=R	R
18	Yohei TAKEDA	GK	90
2	Atsuto UCHIDA	D	90
4	Yohei FUKUMOTO	D	90
6	Masato MORISHIGE	M	90							1
7	Tsukasa UMESAKI	M	70
11	Mike HAVENAAR	F	90
13	Masaki YANAGAWA	D	90
16	Seiya FUJITA	M	90							1
17	Kosuke OTA	D	90
19	Ryuichi HIRASHIGE	M	64							1
20	Shinji KAGAWA	D	78
Substitutes
3	Michihiro YASUDA	D	20
10	Yosuke KASHIWAGI	M	12
14	Kota AOKI	F	26
Total										3

Nigeria (NGA)
#	Name	Pos	Min	GF	GA	SG/S	PK	Fouls		Y	2Y=R	R
#	Name	Pos	Min	GF	GA	SG/S	PK	FC	FS	Y	2Y=R	R
21	Ikechukwu EZENWA	GK	90
2	Suraj SODIQ	D	90							1
3	Uwa ECHIEJILE	D	90
4	Oladapo OLUFEMI	D	90
5	Adeniyi AYODEJI	D	90
8	Ezekiel BALA	F	90							1
10	Solomon OWELLO	M	68
11	Akeem AGBETU	F	54
15	Brown IDEYE	F	89
16	Robert EGBETA	D	90
20	Moses ADAMS	M	90
Substitutes
7	Bello KOFARMATA	F	1
9	Nduka OZOKWO	M	36
14	Chukwuma AKABUEZE	M	22
Total										2

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