Olympic Football Tournaments Beijing 2008 - Men

Gold medal match

Nigeria - Argentina

0:1 (0:0)

Match	Date	Venue / Stadium	Time	Attendance
32	23 August 2008	Beijing / National Stadium (Bird's Nest)	12:00	89102

Goals scored

Angel DI MARIA (ARG) 58'

Nigeria

Line-up

[1]
Ambruse VANZEKIN (GK)
[2]
Chibuzor OKONKWO
[4]
Onyekachi APAM
[5]
Dele ADELEYE
[6]
Monday JAMES
[9]
Victor OBINNA
[10]
Promise ISAAC (C) (-70')
[11]
Solomon OKORONKWO (-64')
[12]
Ebenezer AJILORE
[13]
Olubayo ADEFEMI
[14]
Peter ODEMWINGIE

Substitute(s)

[7]
Chinedu OGBUKE OBASI
[8]
Sani KAITA
[15]
Efe AMBROSE
[16]
Victor ANICHEBE (+64')
[17]
Emmanuel EKPO (+70')
[18]
Ikechukwu EZENWA
[19]
Oladapo OLUFEMI

Coach

Samson SIASIA (NGA)

Argentina

Line-up

[18]
Sergio ROMERO (GK)
[2]
Ezequiel GARAY
[3]
Luciano MONZON
[4]
Pablo ZABALETA
[5]
Fernando GAGO
[10]
Juan RIQUELME (C)
[11]
Angel DI MARIA (-88')
[12]
Nicolas PAREJA
[14]
Javier MASCHERANO
[15]
Lionel MESSI (-93')
[16]
Sergio AGUERO (-79')

Substitute(s)

[6]
Federico FAZIO
[7]
Jose SOSA (+79')
[8]
Ever BANEGA (+88')
[9]
Ezequiel LAVEZZI (+93')
[13]
Lautaro ACOSTA
[17]
Diego BUONANOTTE
[22]
Nicolas NAVARRO

Coach

Sergio BATISTA (ARG)

Cautions

Victor OBINNA (NGA) 51'
, Onyekachi APAM (NGA) 68'
, Angel DI MARIA (ARG) 74'
, Luciano MONZON (ARG) 81'
, Juan RIQUELME (ARG) 82'

Sent off

Match Officials

Referee Viktor KASSAI (HUN)	Assistant Referee 1 Gabor EROS (HUN)
Fourth Official Damir SKOMINA (SVN)	Assistant Referee 2 Tibor VAMOS (HUN)

a.e.t.:	After extra time	(C):	Captain	PSO:	Penalty Shoot-out
GK:	Goalkeeper	N:	Not eligible to play	I:	Injured
Y:	Misses next match if booked	Pos:	Positions	A:	Absent
DF:	Defender	MF:	Midfielder	MinP:	Minutes played
GF:	Goals for	GA:	Goals against	PK (PG/PS):	Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots)
FC:	Fouls Committed	FS:	Fouls Suffered	R:	Red Cards
FW:	Forward	SOG/S:	Shots on Target	Y: 2YC:	Yellow cards Second yellow card and red card