Friendly International: Costa Rica overcomes Nigeria 2-0 on Wednesday
SAN JOSé. Costa Rica conquers Nigeria with a 2-0 win with a goal from O. Duarte (7') and a goal from K. Waston (73').
SAN JOSé. Costa Rica prevails over Nigeria with a 2-0 win with a goal from O. Duarte (7′) and a goal from K. Waston (73′).
The match was played at the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica stadium in San José on Wednesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Fernando Hernández Gómez with the assistance of Andrés Hernández Delgado and Pablo Israel Hernández Luna. The 4th official was Ricardo Montero. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 9 degrees Celsius or 48.2 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 78%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Costa Rica was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Nigeria that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Costa Rica was more aggressive with 2 dangerous attacks and 3 shots of which 2 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Costa Rica won the match.
Costa Rica shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target. On the other side, Nigeria shot 0 times, 0 on target, 0 off target.
Cards
Costa Rica received 1 yellow card (K. Fuller). On the other side, Nigeria received 2 yellow cards (D. Bameyi and E. Isaiah).
After playing this match, Costa Rica has points to occupy the 0th place in the standings. while Nigeria stays with points (0th).
Match Events
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7'7'
O. Duarte
J. Campbell
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46'46'
K. Waston
O. Duarte
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58'58'
D. Bameyi
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59'59'
Jerry Alex
Edidiong Ezekiel Enobong
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59'59'
Samuel Kalu
Chidiebere Nwobodo
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59'59'
Suleiman Garba
Qudus Akanni
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59'59'
Sunday Faleye
Paul Samson
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59'59'
K. Fuller
A. Hernandez
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67'67'
B. Aguilera
B. Ruiz
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67'67'
Brandon Aguilera
Bryan Ruiz
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70'70'
E. Isaiah
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73'73'
K. Waston
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76'76'
N. Nwosu
K. Bankole
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77'77'
J. Venegas
A. Zamora
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77'77'
Y. Salas
D. Lopez
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85'85'
M. Jibrin
D. Wotlia
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89'89'
K. Fuller
Next match
In the upcoming Friendly International match, Costa Rica will play away against Iraq on the 17th of November with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Nigeria will play away with Portugal on the 17th of November with a 0-0 head to head record.
Costa Rica: Formation and Lineups
The manager Luis Fernando Suárez Guzman chose to play with the following team: Esteban Alvarado Brown, Bryan Oviedo, Óscar Esau Duarte Gaitán, Carlos Manuel Martínez, Douglas Andrey López Araya, Daniel Chacón Salas, Alvaro Zamora, Bryan Ruiz González, Joel Nathaniel Campbell Samuels, Roan Roberto Wilson Gordon and Anthony William Hernández González.
Substitutes
Costa Rica made 6 changes: O. Duarte for K. Waston (46′), A. Hernandez for K. Fuller (59′), B. Ruiz for B. Aguilera (67′), R. Wilson for C. Borges (67′), A. Zamora for J. Venegas (77′) and D. Lopez for Y. Salas (77′).
Nigeria: Formation and Lineups
On the opposite side, José Vítor dos Santos Peseiro played with: Dominion Ohaka, Bankole Kayode Iyanu, Daniel Wotlia, Daniel Bameyi, Afeez Nosiru, Ejeh Isaiah, Paul Samson, Evans Ogbonna, Qudus Akanni, Chidiebere Nwobodo and Edidiong Ezekiel Enobong.
Substitutes
Nigeria made 5 changes: P. Samson for S. Faleye (58′), C. Nwobodo for S. Kalu (58′), E. Edidiong for J. Alex (58′), Q. Akanni for S. Garba (59′) and K. Bankole for N. Nwosu (76′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Friendly International
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