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Match 9 Victoria - Royal Athletic Park
Cloudy
01 July
1:0 (0:0)
  • Brown IDEYE (75')

Referee Peter O LEARY (NZL)

Summary

Ideye leads Nigeria over Ticos

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. Though they struggled to bulge the net, the Flying Eagles did not disappoint with their attacking prowess and physical abilities, and in striker Brown Ideye they have one of the emerging stars of the tournament. His ...

Highlights

Line-up

NGA
CRC
Substitute(s)
Coaches
BOSSO Ladan (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)

Photos

  • Celso BORGES (CRC, l) and Brown IDEYE (NGA)
  • Nigeria - Costa Rica
  • Nigeria - Costa Rica
  • Nigeria - Costa Rica
  • Nigeria - Costa Rica
  • Nigeria - Costa Rica
  • Nigeria - Costa Rica
  • Nigeria - Costa Rica
  • The Costa Rican team watches a press conference

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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    NigeriaStatisticsCosta Rica
    23Shots10
    8Corner kicks3
    2Yellow cards1
    0Second yellow card and red card0
    0Red Cards0
    56%Possession (%)44%