Olympics 1996 Final Argentina Nigeria

 Finale

3 Aout 1996

Atlanta

ENG resume 50mnts

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When the final began, very few would have viewed Nigeria as favourites. And even less so when Claudio ‘El Piojo’ Lopez opened the scoring for the Albiceleste only three minutes after kick-off. Yet, the Olympic Eagles did not give up and equalised with a header from Celestine Babayaro - the youngest player on the pitch. And then something incredible happened. Something you would imagine could not occur twice in the same tournament. Pierluigi Collina gave a penalty to Argentina, which Crespo swiftly dispatched for his sixth goal of the competition (50’). At that moment, everyone thought the Nigerian fairytale was over. Everybody, that is, except the Nigerian team. First Daniel Amokachi equalised in the 74th minute to bring the scores level. And then the key moment came: In the very last minute, Nigeria won a free-kick and Argentina tried to play the offside trap. But Roberto Sensini was late coming out, leaving Emmanuel Amunike alone in the box. The Nigerian striker did not miss the target. By the time Colina blew the final whistle the 86,000-strong crowd was ecstatic. For the first time ever, an African team had won the Olympic football tournament.