Men's Olympic Soccer Tournament

FT Thursday, August 4, 2016
Japan U23 L 4
–
Nigeria U23 W 5
1st2ndT
JPN224
NGR325
Arena Amazonia · 29,996 att.

Team Stats

9
Fouls
8
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
4
5
Corner Kicks
1
3
Saves
1
45.1
Possession
54.9
8
SHOTS
14
5
ON GOAL
8
0.6
On Target %
0.6
1
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
330
Accurate Passes
437
421
Passes
515
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
14
Crosses
11
0.1
Cross %
0.4
39
Long Balls
63
11
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
1
16
Effective Tackles
8
20
Tackles
14
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
6
Effective Clearances
10
8
Clearances
12

Lineups

NGR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 18Daniel EmmanuelG
  2. 2Muenfuh SincereCD-L
  3. 6William Troost-EkongCD-R
  4. 16Amuzie StanleyLB
  5. 4Abdullahi ShehuRB
  6. 10John Obi MikelAM
  7. 17Usman MuhammedLM
  8. 14Okechukwu AzubuikeRM
  9. 13Umar SadiqF
  10. 8Peter EteboAM-L
  11. 9Imoh EzekielAM-R

JPN · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Masatoshi KushibikiG
  2. 5Naomichi UedaCD-L
  3. 6Tsukasa ShiotaniCD-R
  4. 3Wataru EndoDM
  5. 4Hiroki FujiharuLB
  6. 2Sei MuroyaRB
  7. 7Riki HarakawaCM-L
  8. 8Ryota OshimaCM-R
  9. 10Shoya NakajimaLM
  10. 18Takumi MinaminoRM
  11. 13Shinzo KorokiF

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Nigeria Olympic 1, Japan Olympic 0. Umar Sadiq (Nigeria Olympic) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  2. 8' Stanley Amuzie (Nigeria Olympic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 9' Goal! Nigeria Olympic 1, Japan Olympic 1. Shinzo Kohroki (Japan Olympic) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  4. 10' Goal! Nigeria Olympic 2, Japan Olympic 1. Oghenekaro Etebo (Nigeria Olympic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Abdullahi Shehu with a cross.
  5. 11' Goal! Nigeria Olympic 2, Japan Olympic 2. Takumi Minamino (Japan Olympic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ryota Oshima with a through ball.
  6. 42' Goal! Nigeria Olympic 3, Japan Olympic 2. Oghenekaro Etebo (Nigeria Olympic) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal.
  7. 51' Goal! Nigeria Olympic 4, Japan Olympic 2. Oghenekaro Etebo (Nigeria Olympic) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  8. 53' Substitution, Japan Olympic. Takuma Asano replaces Riki Harakawa.
  9. 66' Goal! Nigeria Olympic 5, Japan Olympic 2. Oghenekaro Etebo (Nigeria Olympic) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  10. 70' Goal! Nigeria Olympic 5, Japan Olympic 3. Takuma Asano (Japan Olympic) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hiroki Fujiharu.
  11. 71' Substitution, Japan Olympic. Musashi Suzuki replaces Shinzo Kohroki.
  12. 73' Substitution, Nigeria Olympic. Kingsley Madu replaces Usman Muhammed.
  13. 76' Substitution, Japan Olympic. Shinya Yajima replaces Shoya Nakajima.
  14. 78' Substitution, Nigeria Olympic. Ndifreke Udo replaces Imoh Ezekiel.
  15. 87' Substitution, Nigeria Olympic. Popoola Saliu replaces John Obi Mikel.
  16. 90'+5' Goal! Nigeria Olympic 5, Japan Olympic 4. Musashi Suzuki (Japan Olympic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ryota Oshima.

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