The
despair of leaving the Rio Olympics without a medal was finally
overcome as the men's football team were able to make Nigerians smile
with a medal in the game.
Nigeria finally came through to winning a medal at the on-going Rio
2016 Olympics as the Men's soccer team scored a bronze medal for the
country.
The game which went down on Saturday, August 20, saw the Dream Team winning Honduras on a score line of 3-2.
The bronze medal winning match saw Aminu Umar scoring in the 34th and 49th minutes of the game.
In the 56th minute, Sadiq Umar scored a goal making giving Nigeria a decisive lead of 3-0 against Honduras.
Honduras began climbing back with Anthony Lozano scoring a goal in the 71st minute and Marcelo Periera scoring in the 86th minute making the score 3-2.
The bonze medal is being coined by some as the “Golden Bronze” referring to the fact that it is the only medal won by Team Nigeria so far at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The game which went down on Saturday, August 20, saw the Dream Team winning Honduras on a score line of 3-2.
The bronze medal winning match saw Aminu Umar scoring in the 34th and 49th minutes of the game.
In the 56th minute, Sadiq Umar scored a goal making giving Nigeria a decisive lead of 3-0 against Honduras.
Honduras began climbing back with Anthony Lozano scoring a goal in the 71st minute and Marcelo Periera scoring in the 86th minute making the score 3-2.
The bonze medal is being coined by some as the “Golden Bronze” referring to the fact that it is the only medal won by Team Nigeria so far at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Nigeria last won a medal at an Olympic Games in 2008, and this
Bronze will bring the country’s overall tally to 24 medals won, with
football now winning all colours of medals: GOLD in 1996, Silver in
2008, Bronze in 2016
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