Rio 2016: Colombia overcome Nigeria to advance

By Daily Sports on August 11, 2016

Colombia defeated Nigeria 2-0 at the Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo on Wednesday to reach the quarter finals of the Olympic Games.

They beat a Nigeria side that made five changes to its starting line after already qualifying as Group B leaders courtesy of their opening wins against Japan and Sweden.

Coach Samson Siasia rested goalkeeper Emmanuel Daniel for Daniel Akpeyi and handed Kingsley Madu, Saliu Popoola, Aminu Umar and Ndifreke Udo their first starts since the competition started.

It was the Colombians who got off the starting blocks with the better intent as captain Teofilo Gutierrez pounced on a pass from Diego Pabon to knock it past Akpeyi for the opening goal.

The Nigeria midfield, marshaled by veteran John Obi Mikel, struggled to create chances for most of the first half.

Nigeria’s best chance fell to Oghenekaro Etebo in the second half but he scoffed his shot after a pass from Mikel.

A raft of changes by Siasia, who brought on Imho Ezekiel, Usman Muhammed and Stanley Amuzie, was not enough as los Cafeteros remained solid in the back.

Colombia cemented their win late on after Akpeyi brought down Harold Preciado inside the box. The goalkeeper was lucky to get a yellow card for the late challenge on forward.

After turning provider in the first half, Pabon stepped up to take the penalty kick and he wasted no effort in shooting an emphatic strike past the goalkeeper for the South American’s second.

Despite Japan’s 1-0 defeat of Sweden in the other Group B game, Colombia joined Nigeria in the quarter finals where they both await the qualifying teams from Group A which has Denmark, Brazil, Iraq and South Africa contending for the two spots.

•Sourced grom goal.com. Photo shows Teofilo Gutierrez celebate his goal

Source Daily Sports

Posted August 11, 2016


 

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