Nigeria claimed men’s football bronze at
the Rio Olympics with an entertaining 3-2 win over Honduras in Belo
Horizonte on Saturday to deny the Central Americans their first ever
Olympic medal.
Two goals from Roma striker Sadiq Umar and namesake Aminu Umar’s fine finish early in the second-half put Nigeria 3-0 up.
Honduras battled until the end, though,
as Anthony Lozano and Marcelo Pereira headed home in the final 20
minutes to set up a nervy finish for the 1996 gold medal winners.
Hosts Brazil are aiming for their first
ever football gold medal in one of the most anticipated events of the
Games against world champions Germany at Rio’s Maracana with kick-off at
1730 local time (2030GMT).
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