This Wednesday’s Group D
encounter between Nigeria and
Croatia should make for
fascinating viewing. The African
side are on a high after their
emphatic 5-0 demolition of
Guatemala, while Croatia will be
looking to redress the balance
following their unexpected 2-0
defeat to underdogs Saudi Arabia.
The match
Croatia-Nigeria, 3 August, 20.00
(local time), Armenia
The stakes
Despite their impressive opening
performance, Nigeria know that
Croatia will prove a tougher nut
to crack, and coach John Obuh will
be hoping star forward Ahmed
Musa is on song.
Croatia may have gone down
against Saudi Arabia but coach
Ivan Grnja remains optimistic
about his side’s chances: “We’ve
got two games still to play and
we just need to perform better
than we did in the first match.”
To do that, the 62 year-old will
have to address the issue of a
misfiring attack that got off 15
shots against Saudi Arabia
without finding the back of the
net.
The stat
2 – The number of goals Nigeria
need to become the top-scoring
African side in the history of the
FIFA U-20 World Cup. Current
leaders Ghana have 55 to their
name, giving Obuh’s men an extra
incentive to keep the goals
flowing.
The words
Zvonko Pamic, Croatia midfielder:
“We were unlucky against Saudi
Arabia. We had a number of
chances to score, and now we
have to beat Nigeria in a much
harder game. They’re an excellent
side, as we all know, but we can
win if we improve our
performance.”
John Obuh, Nigeria coach: “We’ll be
very wary going into the game
against Croatia. A win will be a big
boost to our chances of going
through, but we want to avoid a
loss at all costs.”

Sorry please, your timing is wrong, Colombia is on the time zone GMT-5. So it will be 2am on Thursday in Nigeria and not 2pm Wednesday.

Thank you.

good u pointed out, bash

No matter what, nigeria will fry them.

2pm abi 2 am?

kick off 9ja tym - 9pm!

2 am is the time.

The match is 8pm(armeria time) and 2am nig time The match is 8pm(armeria time) and 2am nig time

2am on thursday or what?

its gonna be boring i think

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The match is 2am thursday 4/08/2011 in Nigeria. Tell me the reslt cause i'll be sleeping by then God's willing.

If u dont know the time, u may still be taliking about the preparation when actually the match has been played. Again what about the pple that will like to watch it, they need to know the actual time. May be u dont want to watch urself.

so much excitement about the U-20. but later on in life some people would still say that winning the U-20 is no achievement.

Our young energetic boys just have to keep the pace and make their passes connect better while finishing every chance they get even better than what they did on their first game, while at this their defense must not be lose.

@Chelseabmw^you spoke like a real Chelsea fan,always dumb, how will people watch the match without knowing the time,since its 2am,i guez i have to hav a long Nap dis afternoon,i must watch that match^FORZA NAIJA!!!

the guys are no nonsense in their roles, a must watch


they tap like arsenal and score like messi-although Croatia will be tougher than Guantamiller

Up green and white

i swear make we score them lyk 8 goals to nil coz i heard them saying they gonna win us.

obuh should just maintain thesame starting line up but must sub in my home boy SANI EMMANUEL on time.

In as much as i would love to watch the match, i dont like the slow and sluggish attitude of Suswan. If he cant increase his tempo and improved, he should be dropped from the team, he is not committed in the game against Guatemala !!!

Ah!I trust my boys they will surely deliver.With their first game i knw dat atleast this time we mean real deal!

Does anyone know which chanel is showing this match in England or online, British Eurosport have decided to show the other match in the group, Guatamala v S Arabia, they are @@@SoLLs

Emmysteve:

obuh should just maintain thesame starting line up but must sub in my home boy SANI EMMANUEL on time.

gud point.i was very angry dat d coach didn't make a single subtitute until some of our player were strechted out of the field

Emmysteve:

obuh should just maintain thesame starting line up but must sub in my home boy SANI EMMANUEL on time.

gud point.i was very angry dat d coach didn't make a single subtitute until some of our player were strechted out of the field

fifa.com

In as much as i would love to watch the match, i dont like the slow and sluggish attitude of Suswan. If he cant increase his tempo and improved, he should be dropped from the team, he is not committed in the game against Guatemala !!! Sad Sad Sad

@MAXTOP, I think that every one of the boys on the pitch that day performed excellently. If you are saying that they should step on the gas and go full throttle, then that is a different matter entirely, but criticizing one of them is really unfair. Terna Suswam gave a good account of himself as a DEFENDER, He played to the instructions of the coach and, believe me, he can do better, all of them can do better. Don't forget to put on your green and white jersey tonight while watching them play, at least lets support that lone supporter in Columbia. Cheers!

these are papas and grand papas

Dadicvila or wat ever ur name is, watch wat u write and me very careful, no talk agaist chelsea again cos we are now champions evry wia

Croatia must be disgraced 2nite, Am off 2 Colombia, How many minutes drive 4rm Lagos@all