Rio 2016 Olympics Quarter-finals: Nigeria Vs Denmark Sat.13 Aug.8:00PM Nigeria
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Quarter-finals
Nigeria vs Denmark
Date: 13 Aug 2016 -
16:00 Local time (8:00PM Nigerian Time)
Venue: Fonte Nova Arena (55,000 capacity stadium)
City: Salvador
Rio 2016: Nigeria avoid Brazil, but face 'Nemesis' Denmark
Nigeria have avoided hosts Brazil, but will come up against Denmark, who spanked them 6-2 in a recent friendly, for a place in the last four of Rio 2016 Olympics at the weekend.
Home team Brazil finally turned on the style to trounce Denmark 4-0 in a final group game to finish top of Group A with five points.
They will now face fellow South Americans Colombia, who stunned Nigeria 2-0 in a final Group B match in Sao Paulo.
Nigeria won the group on six points to now take on Denmark Saturday night in Salvador.
Confidence will now be in short supply in coach Samson Siasia’s team after the way and manner they lost to Colombia and this will most certainly not be helped by the fact that in June they fell badly to the Danes 6-2 at the Suwon international Tournament in South Korea.
The argument though will be that the team to Korea were largely experimental and only a handful of them made it to Brazil.
Also, the stakes are a lot higher at Rio Olympics because victory at the weekend will catapult them into the medal zone of the summer games, where they will battle the winners of the quarterfinal between Portugal and Germany.
It would also be recalled that another rampant Danish side had dismissed the Super Eagles 4-1 on a most forgettable day at the 1998 World Cup in France.
In other quarterfinals, Portugal battle Germany in Brasilia and Korea Republic take on surprise team Honduras in Belo Horizonte.
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Olympic Record
Gold has proved elusive for Denmark in their eight Men’s Olympic Football Tournament appearances before Rio, three times taking home silver and once a bronze medal. They announced their arrival on the Olympics scene with a bang, a 9-0 win against France’s B team at the 1908 games followed by a 17-1 demolition of their first team. They were defeated in that Gold Medal match by Great Britain, as they were four years later. Third place would follow in 1948, along with another fall at the final hurdle in 1960, this time to Yugoslavia. The Danes’ most recent appearance came in 1992, with the likes of Thomas Helveg and Per Frandsen unable to see them out of their group, departing without a win from their three games.
The Road to Rio
Denmark surprised many by topping their group, which included much-fancied Germany, at the 2015 UEFA U-21 European Championship in the Czech Republic. They did so despite a defeat to the Germans, with victories over the hosts and Serbia seeing them top Group A to reach Rio, and set up a semi-final showdown with Nordic rivals Sweden. They were humbled by their neighbours, but captain Jannik Vestergaard, playmaker Viktor Fischer and forward Rasmus Falk were among those who caught the eye at the finals.
Former stars
Nils Middelboe (1908, 1912, 1920), Charles Buchwald, Sophus Nielsen (1908, 1912), John Hansen (1948), Harald Nielsen (1960), Thomas Helveg (1992)
The stat
18 – Denmark’s 17-1 victory over France in their second Men’s Olympic Football Tournament match in 1908 is the highest-scoring game in the history of the competition.
Douglas Santos of Brazil competes for the ball with Frederik Borsting of Denmark
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