The young German side will face hosts Brazil in the final of the men’s tournament whilst Nigeria and Honduras will contest the bronze medal match. Do not cut, copy or lift any content from this website without our consent.
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Game Tip ‘Brazil will win the match at extra time or through penalties and both Teams to score, being a tough game Under 2.5 goals has high chances and probability of correct score to be 1-1 are 60%.
In a tense affair at Sao Paulo’s Arena Corinthians on Wednesday, it was Horst Hrubesch’s side who took the lead early on in proceedings, Max Meyer picking out full-back Klostermann, who duly rolled home his finish from six yards out.
Nigeria nearly drew level three minutes later when goalkeeper Timo Horn slipped while trying to pull out a back pass that gifted Umar Sadiq the ball, the Nigerian failed to tip the ball past Horn who eventually rescued the situation. The decisive role in the victory of the national team played the efforts of John Obi Mikel from the “Chelsea”, which at the beginning of the first half, scored himself, but in the second half made the transfer to Umar.
Nigeria continued to struggle as the second half went on, which prompted Samson Siasia to introduce Junior Ajayi for Umar Sadiq. It is perhaps considered that all players just know what to do, how to celebrate and where to run after finding the net.
On his role in the team as an attacking midfielder and his experience so far in his first Olympics, Mikel said: “I grew up playing in a more offensive position, but what’s happened has happened”.
What: Germany plays Nigeria in the semifinals of the Rio Olympics.
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Nigeria somehow won that game 5-4 and made its way through the group stage, but more problems arose ahead of its quarterfinal against Denmark when players refused to turn up for a training session after a pay dispute. Horn was able to spare his blushes by making the save and denying a rebound and order was restored in the 21st minute, Germany almost doubling their lead from a dead ball, played into the mixer for Lars Bender, his close-range shot blocked well by Daniel.
