Olympic Football Tournaments Beijing 2008 - Men

Matches

23/08/2008

Nigeria Argentina

0:1

0:1 (0:0)

Angel DI MARIA (58')

Match 32

Beijing
National Stadium (Bird's Nest)

Referee: Viktor KASSAI (HUN)

Summary

Angel delivers Argentina gold

A lone goal from Angel Di Maria saw Argentina pick up their second straight Olympic gold, beating Nigeria 1-0 in Beijing on Saturday. More »

Line-up

NGA

ARG

1 Ambruse VANZEKIN (GK) $.img{src:'/s/200291.png'} NGA1 Ambruse VANZEKIN	18 (GK) Sergio ROMERO $.img{src:'/s/266783.png'} ARG18 Sergio ROMERO
2 Chibuzor OKONKWO $.img{src:'/s/296290.png'} NGA2 Chibuzor OKONKWO	2 Ezequiel GARAY $.img{src:'/s/200130.png'} ARG2 Ezequiel GARAY
4 Onyekachi APAM $.img{src:'/s/230223.png'} NGA4 Onyekachi APAM	3 Luciano MONZON $.img{src:'/s/298894.png'} ARG3 Luciano MONZON
5 Dele ADELEYE $.img{src:'/s/230233.png'} NGA5 Dele ADELEYE	4 Pablo ZABALETA $.img{src:'/s/182379.png'} ARG4 Pablo ZABALETA
6 Monday JAMES $.img{src:'/s/230224.png'} NGA6 Monday JAMES	5 Fernando GAGO $.img{src:'/s/201001.png'} ARG5 Fernando GAGO
9 Victor OBINNA $.img{src:'/s/230228.png'} NGA9 Victor OBINNA	10 (C) Juan RIQUELME $.img{src:'/s/166380.png'} ARG10 Juan RIQUELME
10 Promise ISAAC (C) $.img{src:'/s/200299.png'} NGA10 Promise ISAAC (-70' )	11 (-88' ) Angel DI MARIA $.img{src:'/s/266800.png'} ARG11 Angel DI MARIA
11 Solomon OKORONKWO $.img{src:'/s/200303.png'} NGA11 Solomon OKORONKWO (-64' )	12 Nicolas PAREJA $.img{src:'/s/298605.png'} ARG12 Nicolas PAREJA
12 Ebenezer AJILORE $.img{src:'/s/278611.png'} NGA12 Ebenezer AJILORE	14 Javier MASCHERANO $.img{src:'/s/182372.png'} ARG14 Javier MASCHERANO
13 Olubayo ADEFEMI $.img{src:'/s/230230.png'} NGA13 Olubayo ADEFEMI	15 (-90'+3 ) Lionel MESSI $.img{src:'/s/229397.png'} ARG15 Lionel MESSI
14 Peter ODEMWINGIE $.img{src:'/s/214228.png'} NGA14 Peter ODEMWINGIE	16 (-79' ) Sergio AGUERO $.img{src:'/s/228528.png'} ARG16 Sergio AGUERO

Substitute(s)

7 Chinedu OGBUKE OBASI $.img{src:'/s/200301.png'} NGA7 Chinedu OGBUKE OBASI	6 Federico FAZIO $.img{src:'/s/266784.png'} ARG6 Federico FAZIO
8 Sani KAITA $.img{src:'/s/233751.png'} NGA8 Sani KAITA	7 (+79') Jose SOSA $.img{src:'/s/207601.png'} ARG7 Jose SOSA
15 Efe AMBROSE $.img{src:'/s/273291.png'} NGA15 Efe AMBROSE	8 (+88') Ever BANEGA $.img{src:'/s/266790.png'} ARG8 Ever BANEGA
16 Victor ANICHEBE $.img{src:'/s/296140.png'} NGA16 Victor ANICHEBE (+64')	9 (+90'+3) Ezequiel LAVEZZI $.img{src:'/s/229392.png'} ARG9 Ezequiel LAVEZZI
17 Emmanuel EKPO $.img{src:'/s/266958.png'} NGA17 Emmanuel EKPO (+70')	13 Lautaro ACOSTA $.img{src:'/s/266801.png'} ARG13 Lautaro ACOSTA
18 Ikechukwu EZENWA $.img{src:'/s/273287.png'} NGA18 Ikechukwu EZENWA	17 Diego BUONANOTTE $.img{src:'/s/228529.png'} ARG17 Diego BUONANOTTE
19 Oladapo OLUFEMI $.img{src:'/s/273297.png'} NGA19 Oladapo OLUFEMI	22 Nicolas NAVARRO $.img{src:'/s/233325.png'} ARG22 Nicolas NAVARRO

Coaches

Samson SIASIA (NGA)

(ARG) Sergio BATISTA

Officials

Referee: Viktor KASSAI (HUN)Assistant Referee 1: Gabor EROS (HUN)Assistant Referee 2: Tibor VAMOS (HUN)Fourth official: Damir SKOMINA (SVN)

Photos

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Quotes

"Winning gold today is very important for us, along with our two FIFA U-20 World Cup wins in 2005 and 2007. Our young players did very well," Argentina coach Sergio Batista

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Olympic Football Tournaments Beijing 2008 - Men

Matches

NigeriaArgentina

Summary

Line-up

NGA1

ARG18

NGA2

ARG2

NGA4

ARG3

NGA5

ARG4

NGA6

ARG5

NGA9

ARG10

NGA10

ARG11

NGA11

ARG12

NGA12

ARG14

NGA13

ARG15

NGA14

ARG16

Substitute(s)

NGA7

ARG6

NGA8

ARG7

NGA15

ARG8

NGA16

ARG9

NGA17

ARG13

NGA18

ARG17

NGA19

ARG22

Coaches

Officials

Photos

Quotes

Nigeria Argentina