FIFA U-17 World Cup Korea 2007

Matches

Summary

Trailing to a solid Colombia side in their Round of 16 tie, Nigeria showed great inner strength to emerge 2-1 winners and take their place in the quarter-finals.

Highlights

Line-up

NGA

COL

12 Oladele AJIBOYE (GK) $.img{src:'/s/269087.png'} NGA12 Oladele AJIBOYE	1 (GK) Mauricio ACOSTA $.img{src:'/s/269019.png'} COL1 Mauricio ACOSTA
4 Azeez BALOGUN $.img{src:'/s/269090.png'} NGA4 Azeez BALOGUN	2 Ricardo CHARA $.img{src:'/s/269020.png'} COL2 Ricardo CHARA
5 Kingsley UDOH $.img{src:'/s/269091.png'} NGA5 Kingsley UDOH	3 Eduar ZEA $.img{src:'/s/269021.png'} COL3 Eduar ZEA
7 King OSANGA $.img{src:'/s/269093.png'} NGA7 King OSANGA (-76' )	5 Sebastian VIAFARA $.img{src:'/s/269066.png'} COL5 Sebastian VIAFARA
8 Kabiru AKINSOLA $.img{src:'/s/269094.png'} NGA8 Kabiru AKINSOLA (-89' )	6 Julian GUILLERMO $.img{src:'/s/269024.png'} COL6 Julian GUILLERMO
9 Macauley CHRISANTUS $.img{src:'/s/269096.png'} NGA9 Macauley CHRISANTUS	7 Cristian NAZARITH $.img{src:'/s/274531.png'} COL7 Cristian NAZARITH
10 Rabiu IBRAHIM $.img{src:'/s/269097.png'} NGA10 Rabiu IBRAHIM (-55' )	9 (-85' ) Santiago TRELLEZ $.img{src:'/s/269057.png'} COL9 Santiago TRELLEZ
11 Matthew EDILE $.img{src:'/s/269098.png'} NGA11 Matthew EDILE	14 (-46'HT ) Junior ROMERO $.img{src:'/s/269062.png'} COL14 Junior ROMERO
13 Yakubu ALFA $.img{src:'/s/269100.png'} NGA13 Yakubu ALFA	15 (-71' ) Ricardo SERNA $.img{src:'/s/269063.png'} COL15 Ricardo SERNA
16 Mustapha IBRAHIM $.img{src:'/s/275201.png'} NGA16 Mustapha IBRAHIM	16 (C) Miguel JULIO $.img{src:'/s/235180.png'} COL16 Miguel JULIO
20 Lukman HARUNA (C) $.img{src:'/s/269089.png'} NGA20 Lukman HARUNA	17 Andres Felipe MOSQUERA $.img{src:'/s/269064.png'} COL17 Andres Felipe MOSQUERA

Substitute(s)

1 Laide OKANLAWON (GK) $.img{src:'/s/269099.png'} NGA1 Laide OKANLAWON	12 (GK) Andres MARMOLEJO $.img{src:'/s/274537.png'} COL12 Andres MARMOLEJO
21 Uche OKAFOR (GK) $.img{src:'/s/275939.png'} NGA21 Uche OKAFOR	21 (GK) Jaiber CARDONA $.img{src:'/s/274543.png'} COL21 Jaiber CARDONA
2 Ganiyu OSENI $.img{src:'/s/269088.png'} NGA2 Ganiyu OSENI (+55')	4 (+46'HT) Charles QUINTO $.img{src:'/s/274528.png'} COL4 Charles QUINTO
3 Usman AMODU $.img{src:'/s/275960.png'} NGA3 Usman AMODU	8 (+71') Ricardo VILLARRAGA $.img{src:'/s/269067.png'} COL8 Ricardo VILLARRAGA
6 Daniel JOSHUA $.img{src:'/s/269092.png'} NGA6 Daniel JOSHUA	10 James RODRIGUEZ $.img{src:'/s/269058.png'} COL10 James RODRIGUEZ
14 Lukman ABDULKARIM $.img{src:'/s/275199.png'} NGA14 Lukman ABDULKARIM (+89')	11 Osneider ALVAREZ $.img{src:'/s/274547.png'} COL11 Osneider ALVAREZ
15 Sheriff ISA $.img{src:'/s/275200.png'} NGA15 Sheriff ISA (+76')	13 Carlos RAMOS $.img{src:'/s/269061.png'} COL13 Carlos RAMOS
17 Uremu EGBETA $.img{src:'/s/275202.png'} NGA17 Uremu EGBETA	18 Jose RAMIREZ $.img{src:'/s/269065.png'} COL18 Jose RAMIREZ
18 Ademola RAFEAL $.img{src:'/s/275203.png'} NGA18 Ademola RAFEAL	19 Raul ASPRILLA $.img{src:'/s/274539.png'} COL19 Raul ASPRILLA
19 Saheed FABIYI $.img{src:'/s/275964.png'} NGA19 Saheed FABIYI	20 (+85') Edgar PARDO $.img{src:'/s/274541.png'} COL20 Edgar PARDO

Coaches

Yemi TELLA (NGA)

(COL) Eduardo LARA

Officials

Referee: Ivan BEBEK (CRO)Assistant Referee 1: Tomislav PETROVIC (CRO)Assistant Referee 2: Tomislav SETKA (CRO)Fourth official: LEE Min Hu (KOR)

Statistics

NGA

COL

19	Shots	7
6	Corner kicks	4
3	Yellow cards	2
0	Second yellow card and red card	0
0	Red Cards	0
50%	Possession (%)	50%

Yemi Tella (NGA), Nigeria coach
"I'm delighted with this victory but not surprised. When they opened the scoring, I thought we were going to win 3-1. That's why I sent on two forwards. In the end, we only scored two goals but we proved our worth once again."

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FIFA U-17 World Cup Korea 2007

Matches

Summary

Line-up

NGA12

COL1

NGA4

COL2

NGA5

COL3

NGA7

COL5

NGA8

COL6

NGA9

COL7

NGA10

COL9

NGA11

COL14

NGA13

COL15

NGA16

COL16

NGA20

COL17

Substitute(s)

NGA1

COL12

NGA21

COL21

NGA2

COL4

NGA3

COL8

NGA6

COL10

NGA14

COL11

NGA15

COL13

NGA17

COL18

NGA18

COL19

NGA19

COL20

Coaches

Officials

Statistics

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