Das Team of Austria Vs The Super Eagles Of Nigeria May 27 2008

Starting Lineup Nigeria Starting Lineup Austria

GK Dele Aiyenugbu #12 Jurgen Macho #1 GK

Defenders Defenders

Taye Tawio #3 Joachim Standfest # 2

Joseph Yobo #2 Martin Stranzl #3

Obinna Nwaneri #5 Emanuel Pogatetz #4

Yusuf Mohammed #21 Sebastien Prodl #15

Midfield Midfield

John Mikel Obi #10 Christian Fuchs #5

Kalu Uche #9 Andreas Ivanschitz #10

Nwankwo Kanu #4 Captain Rene Aufhauser #6

Ikechukwu Uche #15 Jurgen Saumel #19

Forwards Forwards

Victor Anichebe #19 Roman Kienast #18

Ayegbeni Yakubu#8 Roland Linz #9

Bench Bench

John Utaka #7 Sub "76"M Alexander Manninger #41 GK

Osaze Odemwingie #11 Sub "46" ST Markus Katzer #13 DF

Kayode Odejayi #14 Sub "84" ST Gyorgy Garics #14 DF

Greg Etafia #23 GK Andreas Ibertsberger #16 DF

Lukman Haruna #14 Sub "79" M Ronald Gercaliu #24 DF

Elderson Echejille #16 M Andreas Dober #26 DF

Victor Nsofor Obinna #20 ST Martin Hiden #40 DF

Onyekachi Apam #22 DF Jurgen Patocka #29 DF

Franz Schiemer #8 M

Umit Korkmaz #30 M

Ivica Vastic #7 ST

Sanel Kuljic #11 ST

Stefan Maierhofer #17 ST

Martin Harnik #20 ST

Erwin Hoffer #22 ST

Austria Substitutions

[Erwin Hoffer for Roman Kienast (46)] [Umit Korkmaz for Christian Fuchs (61)]

[Ivica Vastic for Andreas Ivanschitz (70)] [Christoph Leitgeb for Roland Linz (82)]

Nigeria Substitutions

[Victor Anichebe Out Peter Osaze Odemwingie In "46" min] [Ayegbeni Yakubu Out John Utaka In "76" min]

[Kalu Uche Out Lukman Haruna In "79" min] [Nwankwo Kanu Out Kayode Odejayi In "84" min]

2dramasports.com Match Notes & Concerns about the Austria versus Nigeria encounter

Coach Shaibu Amodu's allowed the Nigerian Players to play an attack formation
Shaibu Amodu had some new faces to the eagles Haruna, Odejayi ,Yusuf Mohammed and Apam
Ikechukwu Uche had a very good game show casing his skills
kalu Uche scores his first goal in Nigerian colors assist by Ayegbeni Yakubu
Nigerian football fans were excited over new super eagles football play versus Berti Vogts era
Taye Tawio had a solid game on defense
Shaibu Amodu made no defensive substitution
Yusuf Mohammed had a solid game too and showed that Chidi Odiah's spot is not locked down yet

Reference

ESPN Austria 1 - 1 Nigeria Match Report

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=238250&cc=5901