June 7th 2002 (3:30pm)                                   Kobe, Kobe Wing Stadium

     SWEDEN - NIGERIA             2-1 (1-1)

      Goals             26'18   0-1   Julius Aghahowa (assist - Joseph Yobo)
                        34'26   1-1   Henrik Larsson (assist - Fredrik Ljungberg)
                        62'56   2-1   Henrik Larsson (penalty)


      Referee           Rene Ortube (Bolivia)   7,5
      Linesmen          Miguel Giacomuzzi (Paraguay)
                        Awang Mat Lazim (Malaysia)
      4th official      Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

      Yellow cards      30’17  Johan Mjällby (intentional dive)
                        70’10  Niclas Alexandersson (timewasting)
                        80’41  Taribo West (foul on Fredrik Ljungberg)

      Attendance        36,194

      Playtime          First half     45'58
                        Second half    47'58
                        Total          93'56

      Quality           7  
      Intensity         7,5
      Excitement        7,5



      SWEDEN (formation 4-4-2)            CLUB                     AGE   CAPS   Pts
       1 Magnus Hedman                    Coventry City             29     47   5,5
       2 Olof Mellberg                    Aston Villa               24     23   6  
      15 Andreas Jakobsson                Hansa Rostock             29     15   6  
       4 Johan Mjällby (c)                Celtic                    31     38   6,5
      16 Teddy Lucic                      AIK Solna                 29     44   5,5
       7 Niclas Alexandersson             Everton                   30     61   6  
       6 Tobias Linderoth                 Everton                   23     22   6  
       8 Anders Svensson           (-85)  Southampton               25     27   6  
       9 Fredrik Ljungberg                Arsenal                   25     34   5,5
      10 Marcus Allbäck            (-65)  Heerenveen                28     21   5  
      11 Henrik Larsson                   Celtic                    30     69   6,5

      Substitutes
      22 Andreas Andersson         (+65)  AIK Solna                 28     35   5,5
      17 Magnus Svensson           (+85)  Bröndby                   33     27   -  

      Coaches: Tommy Söderberg & Lars Lagerbäck                        Average  5,83



      NIGERIA (formation 4-4-2)           CLUB                     AGE   CAPS   Pts
       1 Ike Shoronmu                     Luzern                    34     34   5,5
       2 Joseph Yobo                      Olympique Marseille       21     16   6,5
       6 Taribo West                      Kaiserslautern            28     39   6  
       5 Isaac Okoronkwo                  Schachtor Donetzk         24     14   6  
      14 Ifeanyi Udeze                    PAOK Saloniki             21     15   5,5
      10 Augustine Okocha (cap)           Paris St Germain          28     57   7,5
      15 Justice Christopher              FC Antwerp                20      9   7  
      21 John Utaka                       Al Sadd                   20      2   5,5
       3 Celestine Babayaro        (-67)  Chelsea                   23     26   6  
      17 Julius Aghahowa                  Schachtor Donetzk         19     17   6  
       9 Bartholomew Ogbeche       (-72)  Paris St Germain          17      4   5,5

      Substitutes
       4 Nwankwo Kanu              (+67)  Arsenal                   25     37   5,5
       7 Pius Ikedia               (+72)  Ajax                      21     10   6,5

      Coach: Adegboyu Festus Onigbinde                                 Average  6,08



* Numbers in blue are points set by us after
  performance in the match (0=worst, 10=best).