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Iran Monday, 16. June 2014
20:00 Clock 		Nigeria
0:0
goals
none

12 Alireza Haghighi
4 Jalal Hosseini
5 Amir-Hossein Sadeghi
23 Mehrdad Pouladi
3 Ehsan Hajsafi
6 Javad Nekounam
14 Andranik Teymourian yellow 75'
15 Pejman Montazeri
2 Khosro Heydari 89'
16 Reza Ghoochannejhad
21 Ashkan Dejagah 78'
Substitutes
7 Masoud Shojaei 89'
9 Alireza Jahanbakhsh 78'
1 Rahman Ahmadi
22 Daniel Davari
13 Hossein Mahini
17 Ahmad Alenemeh
8 Reza Haghighi
11 Ghasem Hadadifar
18 Bakhtiar Rahmani
19 Hashem Beikzadeh
20 Steven Beitashour
10 Karim Ansarifard
1 Vincent Enyeama
5 Efe Ambrose
13 Juwon Oshaniwa
14 Godfrey Oboabona 29'
22 Kenneth Omeruo
10 John Mikel Obi
15 Ramon Azeez 69'
17 Ogenyi Onazi
7 Ahmed Musa
9 Emmanuel Emenike
11 Victor Moses 52'
Substitutes
2 Joseph Yobo 29'
8 Peter Odemwingie 69'
23 Shola Ameobi 52'
16 Austin Ejide
21 Chigozie Agbim
6 Azubuike Egwuekwe
12 Ebenezer Kunle
3 Ejike Uzoenyi
4 Reuben Shalu Gabriel
18 Michel Babatunde
19 Uche Nwofor
20 Michael Uchebo

Manager: Carlos Queiroz

Ass. Manager: Markar Aghajanyan

Manager: Stephen Keshi


Arena da Baixada (Curitiba / Brazil)
39.081
Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
Christian Lescano (Ecuador)
Byron Romero (Ecuador)

Reports

Former captain Jay-Jay Okocha blamed Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi for the African champions dropping two points in a 0-0 draw against unfancied Iran in their opening World Cup match....
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani took to Twitter on Tuesday to praise his country's 0-0 draw with Nigeria, after a lacklustre football World Cup opener for Team Melli in Brazil....
Iran coach Carlos Queiroz has defended his side's defensive tactics after they were booed off by the Brazilian public following their 0-0 draw with Nigeria in Curitiba on Monday....
Nigeria and Iran played out the first draw of the 2014 World Cup in a drab 0-0 affair in Curitiba on Monday....
Hulk not being fit to play in host Brazil's second World Cup finals Group A game with Mexico would not be the end of the world according to coach Luiz Felipe Scolari on Monday....
Iran coach Carlos Queiroz backed his World Cup team to overcome financial strife as well as crippling sanctions and prove the country is not an international bogey man....
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi believes getting the better of his opposite number Carlos Queiroz will be the biggest challenge for his side as they take on Iran in their World Cup opener on Monday....
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi said Friday he was unperturbed by the attempts of several high-spirited fans to invade the pitch during a training session ahead of their World Cup opener....
Danlami Ma'azu stood among a crowd jostling to secure a satellite TV decoder in the Nigerian city of Kano so he could watch the World Cup in the safety of his home -- far from the threat of Boko Haram attacks....