Argentina And Nigeria Going For Gold
Posted on August 20, 2008
Filed Under Olympic Football
The Beijing Summer Games football tournament is reaching the final stages. Argentina and Nigeria have qualified for the Gold medal match. Both squads obtained comfortable wins during the semi-final round.
Nigeria where the first to reach the Peking 2008 final stage after a 4-1 win against Belgium. Belgium where the ones that eliminated huge favorites, Italy, in the quarter-finals. Nigeria simply gave them no chance and Belgium could not rise up to the game required by a semi-final stage match.
Argentina’s mission to reach the Olympics final was much more difficult. Lionel Messi. Riquelme and Kun Aguero had to face Brazil and their Ronaldinho, Diego and Pato in the semi-finals. After a balanced goalless first half, Argentina pushed up a gear and scored twice within 5 minutes. Brazil couldn’t reply and conceded the third goal also.
This leaves Argentina and Nigeria to battle for Gold. The match will be played on Friday, while Brazil and Belgium will play for the bronze medal match on the same day. You can watch live Olympics and see the outcome of this tournament.
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