Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 - Men

First stage

Italy - Nigeria

1:1 (0:1)

Match	Date	Venue / Stadium	Time	Attendance
18	19 September 2000	Adelaide / Hindmarsh	18:30	18340

Goals scored

Garba LAWAL (NGA) 40',
Gbenga OKUNOWO (NGA) 65' Own goal

Italy

Line-up

[18]
Christian ABBIATI (GK)
[3]
Luca MEZZANO
[5]
Matteo FERRARI
[7]
Gianni COMANDINI
[8]
Roberto BARONIO (-80')
[10]
Andrea PIRLO
[12]
Massimo MARGIOTTA
[14]
Claudio RIVALTA
[15]
Bruno CIRILLO
[16]
Ighli VANNUCCHI
[17]
Cristiano ZANETTI (-80')

Substitute(s)

[1]
Morgan DE SANCTIS
[2]
Alessandro GRANDONI
[4]
Marco ZANCHI
[6]
Gennaro GATTUSO
[9]
Nicola VENTOLA
[11]
Gianluca ZAMBROTTA (+80')
[13]
Massimo AMBROSINI (+80')
[21]
Fabio FIRMANI

Coach

Marco TARDELLI (ITA)

Nigeria

Line-up

[1]
Greg ETAFIA (GK)
[2]
Gbenga OKUNOWO
[6]
Christopher KANU
[7]
Victor AGALI
[8]
Bright IGBINADOLOR (-69')
[10]
Azubuike OLISEH
[11]
Garba LAWAL
[13]
Pius IKEDIA
[15]
Godwin OKPARA
[16]
Isaac OKORONKWO
[17]
Julius AGHAHOWA

Substitute(s)

[3]
Celestine BABAYARO
[4]
Johnson SUNDAY
[5]
Furo IYENEMI
[9]
Yakubu AYEGBENI
[12]
Henry ONWUZURUIKE
[14]
Blessing KAKU (+69')
[18]
Sam OKOYE

Coach

Jo BONFRERE (NED)

Cautions

Azubuike OLISEH (NGA) 9'
, Christopher KANU (NGA) 18'
, Roberto BARONIO (ITA) 31'
, Christian ABBIATI (ITA) 39'
, Azubuike OLISEH (NGA) 59'
, Cristiano ZANETTI (ITA) 76'

Sent off

Azubuike OLISEH (NGA) 59'

Match Officials

Referee Felipe RAMOS RIZO (MEX)	Assistant Referee 1 Rombout HENNISSEN (BEL)
Fourth Official Lubos MICHEL (SVK)	Assistant Referee 2 Awni HASSOUNEH (JOR)

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