Nigerian U23 team defeat Japan 5-4 in first match at Olympics

The U23 team made an extraordinary start to its Olympic campaign, beating Japan 5-4 in Manaus yesterday despite getting into Brazil only hours to the match.

Recall that the team was stranded in Atlanta for days amid a bizarre saga that saw flights cancelled because of arguments in payments.

Oghenekaro Etebo was the star player of the day after he stole the game by scoring four goals.