Nigerian threatened occasionally, including when Taiwo got beyond the defence, but his cross failed to find Everton's Yakubu Aiyegbeni, who was well positioned in the centre of the area.

尼日利亚也造成了几次威胁，包括泰沃的一次突破，但是他的传中没能找到已经埋伏在禁区里面的埃弗顿前锋雅库布。

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Players like Sunday Oliseh, Yakubu Aiyegbeni and Finidi George were excluded for personal reasons.

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Nigeria's 200 or so spectators at the stadium began had their spirits lifted after Nigeria's Obafemi Martins equalised on 62 minutes and Yakubu Aiyegbeni netted again just three minutes later.

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Shuaibu Amodu's side doubled their lead two minutes after the break when the unmarked Odemwingie was able to control a cross from Yakubu Aiyegbeni and tap the ball home from close range.

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