Men's Olympic Soccer Tournament

FT Sunday, August 10, 2008
Japan WDWWL 1
–
Nigeria WWWWD 2
Tjanin Stadium · 42,952 att.

Head to Head

JPN leads series 1-0

Lineups

NGA

  1. 1Ambruse VanzekinG
  2. 2Chibuzor OkonkwoD
  3. 4Onyekachi ApamD
  4. 5Dele AdeleyeD
  5. 13Olubayo AdefemiD
  6. 8Sani KaitaM
  7. 10Isaac PromiseM
  8. 12Ajilore OluwafemiM
  9. 9Victor ObinnaF
  10. 11Solomon OkoronkwoF
  11. 14Peter OdemwingieF

Substitutes

  1. 18Ikechukwu EzenwaG
  2. 6James MondayD
  3. 15Efe AmbroseD
  4. 7Chinedu ObasiM
  5. 17Emmanuel EkpoM
  6. 19Oladapo OlufemiM
  7. 16Victor AnichebeF

JPN

  1. 1Shusaku NishikawaG
  2. 4Hiroki MizumotoD
  3. 6Masato MorishigeD
  4. 7Atsuto UchidaD
  5. 13Michihiro YasudaD
  6. 2Hajime HosogaiM
  7. 8Keisuke HondaM
  8. 12Hiroyuki TaniguchiM
  9. 14Shinji KagawaM
  10. 16Takuya HondaM
  11. 17Tadanari LeeF

Substitutes

  1. 18Kaito YamamotoG
  2. 3Maya YoshidaD
  3. 5Yuto NagatomoD
  4. 10Yohei KajiyamaM
  5. 9Yohei ToyodaF
  6. 11Shinji OkazakiF
  7. 15Takayuki MorimotoF

Timeline

  1. 58'
  2. 62'
  3. 63'
  4. 63'
  5. 73'
  6. 74'
  7. 75'
  8. 77'
  9. 79'
  10. 90'

OLY Football (M) News

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