FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009

Matches

12/11/2009

Spain Nigeria

1:3

1:3 (0:1)

BORJA (83')

Stanley OKORO (30')
Sani EMMANUEL (61' 71')

Match 50 - Semi-finals

Lagos
Teslim Balogun Stadium

Referee: Ravshan IRMATOV (UZB)

Summary

Stylish Nigeria stroll past Spain

Nigeria took a step closer to their fourth U-17 world title with a stunning 3-1 win over Spain in Lagos to book a final date with the Swiss.

Highlights

Line-up

ESP

NGA

1 EDGAR (GK) $.img{src:'/s/313376.png'} ESP1 EDGAR	1 (GK) Dami PAUL $.img{src:'/s/315422.png'} NGA1 Dami PAUL
3 Jon AURTENETXE $.img{src:'/s/314290.png'} ESP3 Jon AURTENETXE	2 Aigbe OLIHA $.img{src:'/s/315439.png'} NGA2 Aigbe OLIHA
4 Sergi GOMEZ $.img{src:'/s/313389.png'} ESP4 Sergi GOMEZ	3 Mohammed ALIYU $.img{src:'/s/315444.png'} NGA3 Mohammed ALIYU
6 KOKE (C) $.img{src:'/s/313410.png'} ESP6 KOKE	5 (C) Fortune CHUKWUDI $.img{src:'/s/315665.png'} NGA5 Fortune CHUKWUDI
7 Iker MUNIAIN $.img{src:'/s/313402.png'} ESP7 Iker MUNIAIN (-23' )	6 Kenneth OMERUO $.img{src:'/s/315424.png'} NGA6 Kenneth OMERUO
9 BORJA $.img{src:'/s/313395.png'} ESP9 BORJA	8 Stanley OKORO $.img{src:'/s/315663.png'} NGA8 Stanley OKORO
10 ISCO $.img{src:'/s/313374.png'} ESP10 ISCO	9 Abdul AJAGUN $.img{src:'/s/315443.png'} NGA9 Abdul AJAGUN
14 Jordi AMAT $.img{src:'/s/314288.png'} ESP14 Jordi AMAT	11 Terry ENVOH $.img{src:'/s/315558.png'} NGA11 Terry ENVOH
17 Pablo SARABIA $.img{src:'/s/313416.png'} ESP17 Pablo SARABIA (-65' )	13 (-48' ) Omoh OJABU $.img{src:'/s/315438.png'} NGA13 Omoh OJABU
18 Sergi ROBERTO $.img{src:'/s/314273.png'} ESP18 Sergi ROBERTO (-65' )	18 (-80' ) Edafe EGBEDI $.img{src:'/s/315555.png'} NGA18 Edafe EGBEDI
20 Albert DALMAU $.img{src:'/s/313382.png'} ESP20 Albert DALMAU	20 Ramon AZEEZ $.img{src:'/s/315436.png'} NGA20 Ramon AZEEZ

Substitute(s)

13 Julen CELAYA (GK) $.img{src:'/s/314266.png'} ESP13 Julen CELAYA	16 (GK) Amos IZUCHUKWU $.img{src:'/s/315651.png'} NGA16 Amos IZUCHUKWU
21 YERAY (GK) $.img{src:'/s/313393.png'} ESP21 YERAY	21 (GK) John FELAGHA $.img{src:'/s/316975.png'} NGA21 John FELAGHA
2 Albert BLAZQUEZ $.img{src:'/s/313380.png'} ESP2 Albert BLAZQUEZ	4 (+80') Ogenyi ONAZI $.img{src:'/s/315429.png'} NGA4 Ogenyi ONAZI
11 Adria CARMONA $.img{src:'/s/314274.png'} ESP11 Adria CARMONA (+23')	7 White AGWUOCHA $.img{src:'/s/315547.png'} NGA7 White AGWUOCHA
12 Alvaro MORATA $.img{src:'/s/314291.png'} ESP12 Alvaro MORATA (+65')	10 Olarenwaju KAYODE $.img{src:'/s/315433.png'} NGA10 Olarenwaju KAYODE
15 Javier ESPINOSA $.img{src:'/s/314276.png'} ESP15 Javier ESPINOSA (+65')	12 Chukwujike MGBAM $.img{src:'/s/315659.png'} NGA12 Chukwujike MGBAM
16 KAMAL $.img{src:'/s/314289.png'} ESP16 KAMAL	14 (+48') Sani EMMANUEL $.img{src:'/s/315430.png'} NGA14 Sani EMMANUEL
19 KEVIN $.img{src:'/s/313397.png'} ESP19 KEVIN	15 Yusuf OTUBANJO $.img{src:'/s/315550.png'} NGA15 Yusuf OTUBANJO
5 Marc MUNIESA $.img{src:'/s/313404.png'} ESP5 Marc MUNIESA	17 Obinna OKORO $.img{src:'/s/315660.png'} NGA17 Obinna OKORO
8 Eduardo RAMOS $.img{src:'/s/314277.png'} ESP8 Eduardo RAMOS	19 Deji JOEL $.img{src:'/s/315661.png'} NGA19 Deji JOEL

Coaches

Gines MELENDEZ (ESP)

(NGA) John OBUH

Officials

Referee: Ravshan IRMATOV (UZB)Assistant Referee 1: Rafael ILYASOV (UZB)Assistant Referee 2: Bakhadyr KOCHKAROV (KGZ)Fourth official: Carlos AMARILLA (PAR)

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14/11/2009 at 00:02

AUTCHMAN144 (Nigeria)

a good 1 4 nigeria. d cup's staying home. notice nigeria has lost only 4 matches in history of u-17 football, & r unbeaten in 13 matches dating back to mikel's class of 2003. that record wud b carried to mexico in 2011!

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13/11/2009 at 19:36

nislam80 (Bangladesh)

Congrats to Nigeria and Switzerland, both the team seems to be very strong for winning this u-17 world cup. Great performance by the youths of Nigeria, it will be a great final match for so sure.

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13/11/2009 at 15:14

billionaire0 (Nigeria)

Was there a cut in power supply after the match or what was that black out all about?

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Statistics

ESP

NGA

13	Shots	22
8	Corner kicks	3
1	Yellow cards	1
0	Second yellow card and red card	0
0	Red Cards	0
52%	Possession (%)	48%

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Quotes

"Now we have to play Switzerland in the final and today everyone has seen for themselves just how much quality they have. We are going to have to give it absolutely everything against them. But we are working as hard as we can to win the world title, and we are ready to give our all to keep the trophy here." John Obuh, Nigeria coach

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FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009

Matches

SpainNigeria

Summary

Line-up

ESP1

NGA1

ESP3

NGA2

ESP4

NGA3

ESP6

NGA5

ESP7

NGA6

ESP9

NGA8

ESP10

NGA9

ESP14

NGA11

ESP17

NGA13

ESP18

NGA18

ESP20

NGA20

Substitute(s)

ESP13

NGA16

ESP21

NGA21

ESP2

NGA4

ESP11

NGA7

ESP12

NGA10

ESP15

NGA12

ESP16

NGA14

ESP19

NGA15

ESP5

NGA17

ESP8

NGA19

Coaches

Officials

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Quotes

Spain Nigeria