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by theshot (2006-02-09 20:17:24)
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MATCHES AND RESULTS > 3rd place playoff Tags: Nigeria
3rd place playoff: Nigeria - Senegal 1:0(0:0)
Two teams with a different approach:
While Nigeria, apart from injuries, fielded their best eleven, Senegal took the opportunity to give stage to all players from the second row.
But who had thought that, two days after the semi-final, the Senegalese thus would have the edge in the second half, was proved wrong:
Nigeria wanted to win and eventually outplayed the Senegalese.
the goal was scored by Lawal.
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by theshot (2006-01-29 20:41:53)
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MATCHES AND RESULTS > GROUP D Tags: Nigeria
Group D#4 Nigeria - Zimbabwe 2:0(0:0)
Back when Brazil became World champions in 2002, nearly each of their opponents later had had the impression to have had their best match of the tournament against Ronaldo&Co..
The South Americans had seldom tried to suffocate their 'match partners' game and simply won by the superiority of their art.
This match (Nigeria - Zimbabwe) reminded this story: Nigeria, unlike Guinea, Ghana,or Senegal, did not concentrate on containing their opponents but rather on their own attempts to create chances.
The consequence: Zimbabwe had a good game with several welldrawn attacks and a handful of chances themselves.
When Nigeria reshuffled their setup with two substitutions and different player types in Kanu and young star Obi Mikel, eventually it was too much for the Southern African resistance and Nigeria forced two goals in style to decide the match (Obodo '57, Mikel '61).
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by theshot (2006-01-26 20:53:11)
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MATCHES AND RESULTS > GROUP D Tags: Nigeria
Group D #1 Nigeria - Ghana 1:0(0:0)
Ghana, like Guinea and Cameroon, are a team whose style is characterised by individual qualities and strength in one on one challenges. From a defensive formation opponents, when in possession, are pressured. When themselves in possession, only a limited number of players attack and fluent passing is not one of the major qualities here.
To avoid running into the trap naively the opponents have to play patient, carefully and pragmatically themselves so that often matches look a bit scrappy or fragmented, to change into a sudden highlight situation here and then..
Those are becoming more in number during the course of matches because neither the wannabe-Italians (or schould I say wannabe Chelseas?) from Ghana nor the anyway more 'relaxed' Nigerians can keep up concentration for the entire 90 minutes.
Nigeria has the better individual potential and so logiacally won the match when after 81 minutes the sleepy Ghanaians were discussing the possibility of building a free kick wall with their keeper without securing the ball.
Nigeria quickly took the free kick (remember Argentina - Nigeria 1994) and supertalent Taiwo hammered the ball from 30 meters in Roberto Carlos style into the far corner.
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by theshot (2006-01-17 23:42:24)
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PREVIEWS > GROUP D Tags: Nigeria
PREVIEWS > Group D > Nigeria
standard sentence: 'should have been the Brazil of Africa'
biggest population
huge talent
but only 2 time winners with a self destruction tag on the backs of conflicting egos
clubs: not top in Africa, but with a recent exception (Enyimba winning Champions League twice)
Squad: professionals at Europes
Coach: Nigerian. (Eguavoen).
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