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          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).

     
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