Nigeria v Argentina, 03 August 1996

Score3-2 to Nigeria
RefereePierluigi Collina
CompetitionOlympics Final
VenueAthens
Attendance86,117

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3 Nigeria

Manager: Johannes Bonfrere

2 Argentina

Manager: Daniel Passarella

Goals:

Celestine Babayaro 28 G
Daniel Amokachi 74 G
Emmanuel Amunike 89 G

Goals:

Claudio Lopez 3 G
Hernan Crespo penalty 49 P

Starting lineup:

Defender Uche Okechukwu
Defender/Centre back Taribo West
Defender/Left back Celestine Babayaro
Midfielder Jay Jay Okocha
Midfielder Sunday Oliseh
Forward Daniel Amokachi
Forward Tijana Babangida
Forward Victor Ikpeba
Forward Nwankwo Kanu
Joseph Dosu
Mobi Obaraku

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Pablo Cavallero
Defender José Chamot
Defender/Centre back Roberto Ayala
Defender/Midfielder Roberto Sensini
Midfielder Matias Almeyda
Midfielder Christian Bassedas
Midfielder Javier Zanetti
Forward Hernan Crespo
Forward Claudio Lopez
Forward Ariel Ortega
Hugo Alberto Morales

Substitutions:

Garba Lawal for Jay Jay Okocha 59
Wilson Oruma for Mobi Obaraku 61
Emmanuel Amunike for Victor Ikpeba 72

Substitutions:

Diego Simeone for Hugo Alberto Morales 58

On the bench:

Midfielder Emmanuel Amunike
Midfielder Garba Lawal
Midfielder Wilson Oruma

On the bench:

Midfielder Diego Simeone