It’s been a wild 72 hours for Team Nigeria Olympic soccer team.
After finding themselves stranded at the airport in Atlanta barely 24 hours before they were to take the field in their Olympic opener against Japan, the “Super Eagles” arrived in Manaus less than seven hours before their scheduled kick-off.
They then turned up at the Arena Amazonia Manaus and promptly set about trouncing Japan 5-4 in a wild ride of a match that saw both teams score twice within the first 12 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 scarcely finished celebrating when Nigeria regained the lead through Oghenekaro Etebo. Two minutes later, Takumi Minamino scored again for Japan, tying the score at 2-2.
After the roller coaster ride of the first 15 minutes there came a period of relative calm until Etebo struck again three minutes before halftime, taking the jet-lagged Super Eagles into the break with a one-goal lead.
Nigeria extended the lead five minutes into the second half after Umar went down in the box and won a penalty. Subsequent replays suggested that the Roma striker had gone down under very little contact. But that made no difference to Etebo who completed his hat-trick from the penalty spot to make it 4-2, Nigeria.
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