Nigeria v Japan, 23 July 1996

Score2-0 to Nigeria
RefereePierluigi Collina
CompetitionOlympics Finals Group D
VenueOrlando
Attendance22,734

2  Nigeria

Manager: Johannes Bonfrere

0  Japan

Manager: Akira Nishino

Goals:

Tijana Babangida 82 G
Jay Jay Okocha penalty 89 P

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Defender Uche Okechukwu
Defender/Centre back Taribo West
Defender/Left back Celestine Babayaro
Midfielder Emmanuel Amunike
Midfielder Jay Jay Okocha
Midfielder Sunday Oliseh
Forward Daniel Amokachi
Forward Nwankwo Kanu

Starting lineup:

Naoki Matsuda Defender/Right back
Hideto Suzuki Defender
Makoto Tanaka Defender
Teruyoshi Ito Midfielder
Hidetoshi Nakata Midfielder
Shoji Jo Forward

Substitutions:

Garba Lawal for Emmanuel Amunike 72
Victor Ikpeba for Nwankwo Kanu 86

Substitutions:

Tadahiro Akiba for Makoto Tanaka 72
Yuji Hironaga for Toshihiro Hattori 86

On the bench:

Midfielder Garba Lawal
Forward Victor Ikpeba

2  Nigeria

Manager: Johannes Bonfrere

Goals:

Tijana Babangida 82 G
Jay Jay Okocha penalty 89 P

Starting lineup:

Defender Uche Okechukwu
Defender/Centre back Taribo West
Defender/Left back Celestine Babayaro
Midfielder Emmanuel Amunike
Midfielder Jay Jay Okocha
Midfielder Sunday Oliseh
Forward Daniel Amokachi
Forward Nwankwo Kanu

Substitutions:

Garba Lawal for Emmanuel Amunike 72
Victor Ikpeba for Nwankwo Kanu 86

On the bench:

Midfielder Garba Lawal
Forward Victor Ikpeba

0  Japan

Manager: Akira Nishino

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Naoki Matsuda Defender/Right back
Hideto Suzuki Defender
Makoto Tanaka Defender
Teruyoshi Ito Midfielder
Hidetoshi Nakata Midfielder
Shoji Jo Forward

Substitutions:

Tadahiro Akiba for Makoto Tanaka 72
Yuji Hironaga for Toshihiro Hattori 86