| | Top level | Event type
Football, Men – Match 1/2
| Date | 3 August 1996 — 15:45 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia | |
| Referee | Pierluigi Collina |  ITA |
| Linesman | Lencie Fred |  VAN |
| Linesman | Peter Kelly |  TTO |
| Attendance | 86,117 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Nigeria |  NGR | 3 | |
| – | Argentina |  ARG | 2 |
Nigeria
| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Yellow Cards | Red Cards | Penalty Kicks | Shots | Shots on Goal | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | After Half 1 | After Half 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 7 | Tijani Babangida | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Forward | 14 | Daniel Amokachi | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 4 | Nwankwo Kanu | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 6 | Emmanuel Amunike | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 10 | Jay-Jay Okocha | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 11 | Victor Ikpeba | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 13 | Garba Lawal | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 15 | Sunday Oliseh | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | |||
| Defense | 2 | Celestine Babayaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Defense | 3 | Taribo West | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | |||
| Defense | 5 | Uche Okechukwu | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | |||
| Defense | 8 | Wilson Oruma | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Defense | 17 | Mobi Oparaku | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 18 | Joseph Dosu | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Team Totals | 3 | – | – | – | 30 | – | 11 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Coach | Jo Bonfrère | ||||||||||||||||
Argentina
| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Yellow Cards | Red Cards | Penalty Kicks | Shots | Shots on Goal | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | After Half 1 | After Half 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 7 | Claudio López | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Forward | 9 | Hernán Crespo | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 5 | Matías Almeyda | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 8 | Diego Simeone | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 10 | Ariel Ortega | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 11 | Hugo Morales | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 15 | Christian Bassedas | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Defense | 2 | Roberto Ayala | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Defense | 3 | José Antonio Chamot | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | |||
| Defense | 4 | Javier Zanetti | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | |||
| Defense | 6 | Roberto Sensini | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 12 | Pablo Cavallero | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Team Totals | 2 | – | – | – | 19 | – | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Coach | Daniel Passarella | ||||||||||||||||
Cards
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 (1) | Roberto Sensini | | yellow | |
| 21 (1) | Sunday Oliseh | | yellow | |
| 70 (2) | Wilson Oruma | | yellow | |
| 90+3 (2) | Uche Okechukwu | | yellow |
Goals
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 (1) | Claudio López | | 0-1 | |
| 28 (1) | Celestine Babayaro | | 1-1 | |
| 50 (2) | Hernán Crespo | | 1-2 | penalty |
| 74 (2) | Daniel Amokachi | | 2-2 | |
| 89 (2) | Emmanuel Amunike | | 3-2 |
Subs
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 (2) | Hugo Morales | | out | |
| 58 (2) | Diego Simeone | | in | |
| 59 (2) | Jay-Jay Okocha | | out | |
| 59 (2) | Garba Lawal | | in | |
| 62 (2) | Mobi Oparaku | | out | |
| 62 (2) | Wilson Oruma | | in | |
| 72 (2) | Victor Ikpeba | | out | |
| 72 (2) | Emmanuel Amunike | | in |