Nigeria beats Japan 5-4 in their first match at the 2016 Rio Olympics
August 05, 2016
Nigeria’s men’s football team, had a disastrous start when they were left stranded in Atlanta, fortunately it got resolved. They get to Olympics and while on the field for their match against Japan, the wrong National anthem was played.
The Nigerian U-23 team did a great job beating Japan 5 goals to 4 in Manaus on Thursday just hours after landing in Brazil for the Rio 2016 Olympics. Oghenekaro Etebo became the first Nigerian to score a hat-trick at the Olympics.
There were 8 goals scored in 77 minutes.
Sadiq Umar got the goal fest underway, putting Nigeria ahead barely five minutes in. Three minutes later Japan was awarded a penalty, which Shinzo Koroki converted from the spot to level the score at 1-1.
Japan had barely finished celebrating when Nigeria regained the lead through Oghenekaro Etebo.
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