| Date | 23 August 2008 — 12:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Beijing Guojia Tiyuchang, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing | |
| Referee | Viktor Kassai |  HUN |
| Linesman | Gábor Erős | HUN |
| Linesman | Tibor Vámos | HUN |
| 4th Official | Damir Skomina |  SLO |
| Attendance | 89,102 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | After Half 1 | After Half 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Argentina |  ARG | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| – | Nigeria |  NGR | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Argentina| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Shots | Shots on Goal | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 11 | Ángel Di María | 1 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Forward | 12 | Nicolás Pareja | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Forward | 14 | Javier Mascherano | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Forward | 15 | Lionel Messi | 0 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Forward | 16 | Sergio Agüero | 0 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Forward | 7 | José Sosa | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Forward | 8 | Éver Banega | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Forward | 9 | Ezequiel Lavezzi | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Midfield | 4 | Pablo Zabaleta | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Midfield | 5 | Fernando Gago | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 10 | Juan Riquelme | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Defense | 2 | Ezequiel Garay | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Defense | 3 | Fabián Monzón | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Goalkeeper | 18 | Sergio Romero | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Coach | Sergio Batista | |||||||||||
Nigeria| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Shots | Shots on Goal | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 10 | Promise Isaac | 0 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 4 | |||
| Forward | 11 | Solomon Okoronkwo | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Forward | 12 | Femi Ajilore | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Forward | 13 | Olubayo Adefemi | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Forward | 14 | Peter Odemwingie | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Forward | 16 | Victor Anichebe | 0 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Forward | 17 | Emmanuel Ekpo | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Midfield | 5 | Dele Adeleye | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 8 | Sani Kaita | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | |||
| Midfield | 9 | Victor Obinna | 0 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Defense | 2 | Chibuzor Okonkwo | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Defense | 4 | Onyekachi Apam | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Ambruse Vanzekin | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24 | |||||
| Coach | Samson Siasia | |||||||||||
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 (2) | Victor Obinna | | yellow | ||
| 68 (2) | Onyekachi Apam | | yellow | ||
| 74 (2) | Ángel Di María | | yellow | ||
| 81 (2) | Fabián Monzón | | yellow | ||
| 82 (2) | Juan Riquelme | | yellow |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 (2) | Ángel Di María | | 1-0 |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 (2) | Solomon Okoronkwo | | out | ||
| 64 (2) | Victor Anichebe | | in | ||
| 70 (2) | Promise Isaac | | out | ||
| 70 (2) | Emmanuel Ekpo | | in | ||
| 79 (2) | Sergio Agüero | | out | ||
| 79 (2) | José Sosa | | in | ||
| 88 (2) | Ángel Di María | | out | ||
| 88 (2) | Éver Banega | | in | ||
| 90+3 (2) | Lionel Messi | | out | ||
| 90+3 (2) | Ezequiel Lavezzi | | in |
