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Nigeria beats Italy 4-3

Nigeria beats Italy 4-3

Postby Richard Akindele » Sun Nov 05, 2006 3:58 pm

Nigerian beach soccer team yesterday came from behind to defeat their Italian counterparts 4-3 at the on going FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Brazil.

Against all expectations, the Nigerians, who had won over majority of the fans at the Copacabana beach, Rio De

Janeiro, venue of the championship, following their superior displays against Argentina a couple of days earlier, saw themselves struggling against the less fancied Italians and were 1-3 down with seven minutes of the match remaining.

They, however, turned the game on its head when Man-of- the Match, “lsiaka Olawale scored with two identical headers to pull the Nigerian team level.

Then, with all thinking that the game would go into extra time, Ifeanyi Onigbo’s innocuous shot sailed through the legs of the goalkeeper to give Nigeria the fourth and winning goal.

With the victory, Nigeria brightened their chances of making it into the quarter/finals of the competition as they now have three points though still remain third in the four-team Group D log of the competition.

Nigeria had narrowly lost 4-5 to Argentina on Thursday and will face surprise team tomorrow , Bahrain, in their last first-round game .
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