Nigeria vs Spain 1998 FIFA World Cup group stage

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1998 FIFA World Cup Group D match football match

The "Nigeria vs Spain 1998 FIFA World Cup group stage" match was a memorable Group D encounter in which underdogs Nigeria upset highly rated Spain in a dramatic, high-scoring game at the France 1998 tournament.

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Nigeria in 1998 FIFA World Cup 1
Nigeria vs Spain 1998 FIFA World Cup group stage canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 1998 FIFA World Cup Group D match ⓘ
football match ⓘ
attendance 35100 ⓘ
awayTeam Spain national football team ⓘ
broadcastMedium television ⓘ
city Nantes ⓘ
competitionOrganiser FIFA ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country France ⓘ
date 1998-06-13 ⓘ
decisiveGoalMinute 78 ⓘ
decisiveGoalScorer Sunday Ogochukwu Oliseh ⓘ
surface form: Sunday Oliseh
finalScore Nigeria 3–2 Spain ⓘ
goalScorerNigeria Garba Lawal ⓘ
Mutiu Adepoju ⓘ
goalScorerSpain Fernando Hierro ⓘ
Raúl González ⓘ
group Group D ⓘ
homeTeam Nigeria national football team ⓘ
impact contributed to Spain’s group-stage elimination at 1998 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
helped Nigeria top Group D at 1998 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
loser Spain national football team ⓘ
NigeriaCaptain Sunday Oliseh ⓘ
NigeriaCoach Bora Milutinović ⓘ
NigeriaFirstGoalScorer Mutiu Adepoju ⓘ
NigeriaGoalkeeper Peter Rufai ⓘ
NigeriaGoals 3 ⓘ
NigeriaHalftimeScore 1 ⓘ
NigeriaPreTournamentStatus underdog ⓘ
openingMatchFor Nigeria vs Spain 1998 FIFA World Cup group stage self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nigeria in 1998 FIFA World Cup

Spain in 1998 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
ownGoalBeneficiaryTeam Nigeria national football team ⓘ
ownGoalConcededBy Andoni Zubizarreta ⓘ
referee Kim Milton Nielsen ⓘ
refereeNationality Denmark ⓘ
resultType upset ⓘ
SpainCaptain Fernando Hierro ⓘ
SpainCoach Javier Clemente ⓘ
SpainFirstGoalScorer Fernando Hierro ⓘ
SpainGoalkeeper Andoni Zubizarreta ⓘ
SpainGoals 2 ⓘ
SpainHalftimeScore 1 ⓘ
SpainPreTournamentStatus favourite ⓘ
sport association football ⓘ
stage group stage ⓘ
tournament 1998 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
venue Stade de la Beaujoire ⓘ
winner Nigeria national football team ⓘ

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Sunday Oliseh → scoredInMatch → Nigeria vs Spain 1998 FIFA World Cup group stage ⓘ
Nigeria vs Spain 1998 FIFA World Cup group stage → openingMatchFor → Nigeria vs Spain 1998 FIFA World Cup group stage self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nigeria in 1998 FIFA World Cup