Men's Olympic Soccer Tournament

FT Friday, August 22, 2008
Argentina WWWDW 1
–
Nigeria WWWWL 0
Beijing Workers' Stadium · 89,102 att.

Head to Head

ARG leads series 3-0

Lineups

NGA

  1. 1Ambruse VanzekinG
  2. 2Chibuzor OkonkwoD
  3. 4Onyekachi ApamD
  4. 5Dele AdeleyeD
  5. 13Olubayo AdefemiD
  6. 8Sani KaitaM
  7. 12Ajilore OluwafemiM
  8. 10Isaac PromiseF
  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

ARG

  1. 18Sergio RomeroG
  2. 2Ezequiel GarayD
  3. 3Fabián MonzónD
  4. 4Pablo ZabaletaD
  5. 12Nico ParejaD
  6. 5Fernando GagoM
  7. 10Juan Román RiquelmeM
  8. 14Javier MascheranoM
  9. 11Ángel Di MaríaF
  10. 15Lionel MessiF
  11. 16Sergio AgüeroF

Substitutes

  1. 22Nicolas Castro NavarroG
  2. 6Federico FazioD
  3. 7Jose Ernesto SosaM
  4. 8Éver BanegaM
  5. 9Ezequiel LavezziF
  6. 13Lautaro AcostaF
  7. 17Diego Rende Mario BuonanotteF

Timeline

  1. 57'
  2. 63'
  3. 69'
  4. 78'
  5. 87'
  6. 90'
  7. 90'

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