FIFA U20 World Cup Canada 2007

Matches

01/07/2007

Nigeria Costa Rica

1:0

1:0 (0:0)

Brown IDEYE (75')

Match 9

Victoria
Royal Athletic Park

Referee: Peter O LEARY (NZL)

Summary

Ideye leads Nigeria over Ticos

Victoria's packed Royal Athletic Park saw 2005 finalists Nigeria get their Group F campaign off to a winning start with an end-to-end 1-0 victory over Costa Rica on 1 July. More »

Highlights

Line-up

NGA

CRC

12 Moses OCHEJE (GK) $.img{src:'/s/267661.png'} NGA12 Moses OCHEJE (-49' )	1 (GK) Alfonso QUESADA $.img{src:'/s/236519.png'} CRC1 Alfonso QUESADA
2 Suraj SODIQ $.img{src:'/s/267645.png'} NGA2 Suraj SODIQ	3 (C) Rudy DAWSON $.img{src:'/s/236521.png'} CRC3 Rudy DAWSON
3 Uwa ECHIEJILE $.img{src:'/s/267647.png'} NGA3 Uwa ECHIEJILE	4 Giancarlo GONZALEZ $.img{src:'/s/268821.png'} CRC4 Giancarlo GONZALEZ
4 Oladapo OLUFEMI $.img{src:'/s/273297.png'} NGA4 Oladapo OLUFEMI	6 Jose CUBERO $.img{src:'/s/268822.png'} CRC6 Jose CUBERO
6 Efe AMBROSE $.img{src:'/s/273291.png'} NGA6 Efe AMBROSE	7 Pablo HERRERA $.img{src:'/s/268828.png'} CRC7 Pablo HERRERA
8 Ezekiel BALA (C) $.img{src:'/s/200298.png'} NGA8 Ezekiel BALA	8 Celso BORGES $.img{src:'/s/236530.png'} CRC8 Celso BORGES
10 Solomon OWELLO $.img{src:'/s/267657.png'} NGA10 Solomon OWELLO	9 (-69' ) Cesar ELIZONDO $.img{src:'/s/236538.png'} CRC9 Cesar ELIZONDO
14 Chukwuma AKABUEZE $.img{src:'/s/273293.png'} NGA14 Chukwuma AKABUEZE (-66' )	10 (-81' ) Luis PEREZ $.img{src:'/s/268824.png'} CRC10 Luis PEREZ
15 Brown IDEYE $.img{src:'/s/273285.png'} NGA15 Brown IDEYE	15 (-84' ) Orlando GONZALEZ $.img{src:'/s/268830.png'} CRC15 Orlando GONZALEZ
17 Akeem LATIFU $.img{src:'/s/273311.png'} NGA17 Akeem LATIFU	16 Leslie RAMOS $.img{src:'/s/238303.png'} CRC16 Leslie RAMOS
20 Moses ADAMS $.img{src:'/s/273281.png'} NGA20 Moses ADAMS (-84' )	17 Dave MYRIE $.img{src:'/s/236533.png'} CRC17 Dave MYRIE

Substitute(s)

1 Olufemi THOMAS (GK) $.img{src:'/s/267643.png'} NGA1 Olufemi THOMAS (+49')	18 (GK) Esteban ALVARADO $.img{src:'/s/268832.png'} CRC18 Esteban ALVARADO
21 Ikechukwu EZENWA (GK) $.img{src:'/s/273287.png'} NGA21 Ikechukwu EZENWA	21 (GK) Francisco GOMEZ $.img{src:'/s/270779.png'} CRC21 Francisco GOMEZ
5 Adeniyi AYODEJI $.img{src:'/s/267673.png'} NGA5 Adeniyi AYODEJI	2 Brayan JIMENEZ $.img{src:'/s/238308.png'} CRC2 Brayan JIMENEZ
7 Bello KOFARMATA $.img{src:'/s/273277.png'} NGA7 Bello KOFARMATA (+66')	5 Esteban RODRIGUEZ $.img{src:'/s/236532.png'} CRC5 Esteban RODRIGUEZ
9 Nduka OZOKWO $.img{src:'/s/267655.png'} NGA9 Nduka OZOKWO	11 (+69') Jean SOLORZANO $.img{src:'/s/236529.png'} CRC11 Jean SOLORZANO
11 Akeem AGBETU $.img{src:'/s/273295.png'} NGA11 Akeem AGBETU	12 (+84') Jonathan McDONALD $.img{src:'/s/268825.png'} CRC12 Jonathan McDONALD
13 Blessing OKARDI $.img{src:'/s/267663.png'} NGA13 Blessing OKARDI (+84')	13 (+81') Marlon CAMBLE $.img{src:'/s/270813.png'} CRC13 Marlon CAMBLE
16 Robert EGBETA $.img{src:'/s/273289.png'} NGA16 Robert EGBETA	14 Argenis FERNANDEZ $.img{src:'/s/270773.png'} CRC14 Argenis FERNANDEZ
18 Nazifi INUWA $.img{src:'/s/273303.png'} NGA18 Nazifi INUWA	19 Ricardo GARCIA $.img{src:'/s/268833.png'} CRC19 Ricardo GARCIA
19 Kingsley SALAMI $.img{src:'/s/273283.png'} NGA19 Kingsley SALAMI	20 Kendall WASTON $.img{src:'/s/236536.png'} CRC20 Kendall WASTON

Coaches

Ladan BOSSO (NGA)

(CRC) Geovanni ALFARO

Officials

Referee: Peter O LEARY (NZL)Assistant Referee 1: Brent BEST (NZL)Assistant Referee 2: Kaloata CHILIA (VAN)Fourth official: Paul WARD (CAN)

Statistics

NGA

CRC

23	Shots	10
8	Corner kicks	3
2	Yellow cards	1
0	Second yellow card and red card	0
0	Red Cards	0
56%	Possession (%)	44%

Photos

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Quotes

Geovanni Alfaro: "There's a sense of frustration and even pain associated with this loss. Both sides had opportunities, and I think we did enough to not deserve to lose."

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FIFA U20 World Cup Canada 2007

Matches

NigeriaCosta Rica

Summary

Line-up

NGA12

CRC1

NGA2

CRC3

NGA3

CRC4

NGA4

CRC6

NGA6

CRC7

NGA8

CRC8

NGA10

CRC9

NGA14

CRC10

NGA15

CRC15

NGA17

CRC16

NGA20

CRC17

Substitute(s)

NGA1

CRC18

NGA21

CRC21

NGA5

CRC2

NGA7

CRC5

NGA9

CRC11

NGA11

CRC12

NGA13

CRC13

NGA16

CRC14

NGA18

CRC19

NGA19

CRC20