Date: 13-06-1998
Stage: first round
Place: NANTES
Running time: 98 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/spanish/english
My rating: *****
Notes: Oliseh,Okocha,Finidi,Babayaro, Raul,Hierro,LuisEnrique
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 13 June 1998, 14:30
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Attendance: 33,257
Meteo: Partly cloudy, warm, 22 °C
NIGERIA
Peter Rufai
Uche Okechukwu (c)
Mobi Oparaku
Taribo West
Celestine Babayaro
Mutiu Adepoju
Garba Lawal
Jay Jay Okocha
Sunday Oliseh
Finidi George
Victor Ikpeba
Coach: Bora Milutinović (YUG)
62′ Uche Okechukwu
69′ ↓Mobi Oparaku ↑Rashidi Yekini
83′ ↓Victor Ikpeba ↑Tijani Babangida
90′ ↓Garba Lawal ↑Godwin Okpara
SPAIN
Andoni Zubizarreta (c)
Albert Ferrer
Rafael Alkorta
Fernando Hierro
Miguel Ángel Nadal
Sergi
Iván Campo
Luis Enrique
Alfonso
Kiko
Raúl
Coach: Javier Clemente (ESP)
55′ Guillermo Amor
59′ Miguel Ángel Nadal
75′ Iván Campo
46′ ↓Albert Ferrer ↑Guillermo Amor
57′ ↓Alfonso ↑Joseba Etxeberria
76′ ↓Miguel Ángel Nadal ↑Albert Celades
Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (USA)
Goals:
21′ Fernando Hierro ESP
25′ Mutiu Adepoju NIG
47′ Raúl ESP
73′ Andoni Zubizarreta own goal NIG
78′ Sunday Oliseh NIG
Match overview
Spain twice led but Nigeria’s flair told: Adepoju’s header and Oliseh’s thunderbolt sandwiched Zubizarreta’s own goal to earn Africa’s champions a famous upset.
Trivia
Oliseh’s winning strike was measured at over 30 metres. This is Nigeria’s longest-range World-Cup goal to date.
