| Date | 28 July 1996 — 16:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Referee | Omar Al-Mehanna |  KSA |
| Linesman | Mohamed Ahmed Al-Musawi |  OMA |
| Linesman | Carlos Velázquez |  URU |
| Attendance | 44,788 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | Half #1 | Half #2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Nigeria |  NGR | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| – | Mexico |  MEX | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nigeria| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Yellow Cards | Red Cards | Shots | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 7 | Tijani Babangida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Forward | 11 | Victor Ikpeba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Forward | 14 | Daniel Amokachi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Midfield | 4 | Nwankwo Kanu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Midfield | 6 | Emmanuel Amunike | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 9 | Teslim Fatusi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Midfield | 10 | Jay-Jay Okocha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Midfield | 13 | Garba Lawal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 17 | Mobi Oparaku | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Defense | 2 | Celestine Babayaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Defense | 3 | Taribo West | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Defense | 5 | Uche Okechukwu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Defense | 15 | Sunday Oliseh | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | |||
| Goalkeeper | 18 | Joseph Dosu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 2 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 12 | |||||
| Coach | Jo Bonfrère | ||||||||||||
Mexico| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Yellow Cards | Red Cards | Shots | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 10 | Luis García | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Forward | 16 | Enrique Alfaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Forward | 17 | Francisco Palencia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Forward | 18 | José Manuel Abundis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Midfield | 6 | Raúl Rodrigo Lara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Midfield | 7 | José García | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Midfield | 8 | Manuel Sol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 11 | Cuauhtémoc Blanco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Midfield | 15 | Jesús Arellano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Defense | 2 | Claudio Suárez | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Defense | 4 | Germán Villa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Defense | 5 | Duilio Daviño | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Defense | 13 | Pável Pardo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Goalkeeper | 9 | Jorge Campos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 11 | |||||
| Coach | Carlos de los Cobos | ||||||||||||
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 (1) | Uche Okechukwu | | yellow | ||
| 45 (1) | Duilio Daviño | | red | ||
| 58 (2) | Sunday Oliseh | | yellow | ||
| 76 (2) | Teslim Fatusi | | yellow | ||
| 77 (2) | Claudio Suárez | | yellow | ||
| 90 (2) | Sunday Oliseh | | second yellow |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 (1) | Jay-Jay Okocha | | 1-0 | ||
| 85 (2) | Celestine Babayaro | | 2-0 |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 (1) | Manuel Sol | | out | ||
| 24 (1) | Jesús Arellano | | in | ||
| 46 (2) | José García | | out | ||
| 46 (2) | Cuauhtémoc Blanco | | in | ||
| 56 (2) | Tijani Babangida | | out | ||
| 56 (2) | Victor Ikpeba | | in | ||
| 65 (2) | Enrique Alfaro | | out | ||
| 65 (2) | Francisco Palencia | | in | ||
| 66 (2) | Nwankwo Kanu | | out | ||
| 66 (2) | Teslim Fatusi | | in | ||
| 85 (2) | Emmanuel Amunike | | out | ||
| 85 (2) | Garba Lawal | | in |
