- Title: NIGERIA: NIGERIA V BRAZIL SOCCER MATCH ENDS IN DRAW
- Date: 28th January 1969
- Summary: 1. GV PAN CROWD LINE FOOTBALL GROUND. 0.16 2. SV NIGERIAN CAPTAIN TOSSES COIN. 0.21 3. GV CROWD. 0.22 4. LV PAN SANTOS - WHITE SHIRTS AND SHORTS - KICK OFF AND ATTACK. 0.34 5. SV SANTOS ATTACK. 0.45 6. SV NIGERIAN GOALKEEPER SAVES AND CLEARS. 0.54 7. SV NIGERIA ATTACK AND SCORE THEIR FIRST GOAL. 1.22 8. SV EXITED CROWD. 1.26 9. CU SCOREBOARD "1-0" 1.30 10. TV PAN SANTOS KICK OFF AND ATTACK. 1.42 11. SV SANTOS WITH BALL IN FRONT OF NIGERIAN GOAL. 1.46 12. CU SPECTATORS. 1.49 13. CU SCOREBOARD "1-1" 1.50 14. TV PAN NIGERIA ATTACK - SANTOS GOALKEEPER CLEARS BALL AND STARTS A BRAZILIAN ATTACK. 2.14 15. TV SANTOS SECOND GOAL IS SCORED. 2.21 16. SV SCOREBOARD "1-2" 2.24 17. LV CROWD. 2.26 18. SV COLONEL JOHNSON AND WIFE SEATED IN STANDS. 2.29 19. TV PAN NIGERIA ATTACK. 2.38 20. STV NIGERIAN ATTACK CONTINUES. 2.43 21. SV BALL IN SANTOS GOAL. 2.45 22. CU SCOREBOARD "2-2" 2.48 23. TGV LARGE CROWD RUN TO PITCH. 3.00 Initials LD/VS/MR/SC SPORT: SOCCER Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 12th February 1969 13:00
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- Location: LAGOS, NIGERIA
- Country: Nigeria
- Reuters ID: LVA801QKPGR5JO0RGVKT0GDNL5Y3
- Story Text: TEN THOUSAND SOCCER FANS, INCLUDING THE MILITARY GOVERNOR OF LAGOS STATE, COLONEL MOBOLAJI JOHNSON, SAW A SELECTED NIGERIAN SIDE HOLD BRAZIL'S SANTOS TEAM TO A 2-2 DRAW IN THE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY MATCH HELD AT SANDY CITY STADIUM IN LAGOS.
AT THE END OF THE FIRST HALF, BRAZIL WAS LEADING 2-1 - BOTH SANTOS' GOALS HAVING BEEN SCORED BY THEIR STAR PLAYER, PELE; WHILE NIGERIA'S SCORER WAS MADE BY OUTSIDE RIGHT MUYIWA OSHODE. THE FINAL EQUALISER WAS SCORED IN THE TENTH MINUTE OF THE SECOND HALF BY NIGERIA'S CENTRE FORWARD BABA ALI.
THE NIGERIANS, WHO INCLUDED MOST OF THE PLAYERS OF THE COUNTRY'S NATIONAL TEAM, THE GREEN EAGLES, LAUNCHED THE ATTACK FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE MATCH AND KEPT SANTOS UNDER SEVERE PRESSURE - SHOOTING INTO THE LEAD IN THE TWELFTH MINUTE WHEN OUTSIDE RIGHT MUYIWA OSHODE COLLECTED A LOOSE BALL IN THE SANTOS GOALMOUTH, BEATING SANTOS GOALKEEPER GYLMAR. PELE EQUALISED IN THE 21ST MINUTE WITH A POWERFUL GROUND SHOT AND THEN PUT SANTOS IN THE LEAD TEN MINUTES LATER BY SCORING FROM A GOALMOUTH SCRAMBLE.
ALTHOUGH THE SECOND HALF BROUGHT SOME THRILLING SHOWMANSHIP FROM THE BRAZILIANS, IT WAS NIGERIA'S CENTRE FORWARD BABA ALI WHO CARRIED THE HONOURS WITH A TERRIFIC SHOT IN THE PENALTY AREA TO LEVEL THE SCORE IN THE TENTH MINUTE OF PLAY.
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