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11/02/2055, Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
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Rivers Vs Tokyo

Rivers play in a 3-1-4-1-1 formation, and line up with: H Yekini (GK) , A Bird (CB) , K Muazu (CB) , K Onigbinde (CB) , C Dickson (CM) , I Ecoma (CM) , A Syed (CDM) , P Obanta (CAM) , N Adokwe (RM) , B Lawan (LM) , V Agbo (ST) And the subs are: M Jibowu (CB) , O Ebiede (CB) , A Showemimo (CM) , C Odubiyi (CM) , K Lagunju (ST)

Tokyo play in a 5-4-1 formation, and line up with: R Yamagata (GK) , J Abe (CB) , A Ashikaga (CB) , N Tomita (CB) , T Tanaka (RB) , H Noguchi (LB) , G Yoshida (CDM) , A Miya (CAM) , H Uemura (RM) , H Miya (LM) , H Kuno (ST) And the subs are: T Omori (CB) , D Ishikawa (CM) , H Chino (CM) , K Hayashida (ST)

Welcome to Yakubu Gowon Stadium in Port Harcourt, Nigeria where Rivers Utd will face FC Tokyo.  This is a friendly fixture.  The attendance is 24756.

1' - Rivers kick the ball off for the start of the game.  

7' - Paul Obanta passes the ball to Kunle Onigbinde.  Kunle Onigbinde plays a short pass to Arran Bird.  Arran Bird plays the ball to Kenzie Muazu.  Kenzie Muazu plays a long pass to Paul Obanta.  Paul Obanta attempts to beat Aki Ashikaga using his skills, and manages to slip past his opponent!  

7' - Paul Obanta curves the ball into the box, but no one is able to get to the ball.  

9' - Nathaniel Adokwe successfully tackles Aki Miya and takes possession.  Nathaniel Adokwe tries to beat Jun Abe using his ball skills.  The opposing player is sent the wrong way and Nathaniel Adokwe runs with the ball!  

10' - Nathaniel Adokwe curls in a cross and finds Amer Syed.  Amer Syed looks to strike the ball into the corner of the net...but Ryuu Yamagata gets down to stop the shot!  

24' - Naoki Tomita successfully tackles Chigozie Dickson and takes possession.  Naoki Tomita passes a long ball to Jun Abe.  Jun Abe sees Hiro Kuno making a run.  He tries to release him with a long ball over the top, and Hiro Kuno is able to control the ball.  Hiro Kuno tries to shoot the ball into the corner of the net...but the shot is deflected out of play by the keeper!  The linesman signals its a corner for Tokyo.  Hiro Uemura gets ready to take the corner.  He sends the ball into the box, and manages to find Goro Yoshida.  Goro Yoshida flicks a header attempting to beat the keeper...and its in! It's a tremendous goal from Goro Yoshida for Tokyo!  The ball went in off the upright!

25' - Rivers kick the ball off for the restart.  

28' - Chigozie Dickson finds Arran Bird with a short pass.  Arran Bird plays a short pass to Nathaniel Adokwe.  Nathaniel Adokwe finds Chigozie Dickson with a short pass.  Chigozie Dickson spots a run from Vincent Agbo.  He attempts a long ball over the top, but Vincent Agbo is caught offside!  

33' - Goro Yoshida dispossesses Amer Syed and takes possession.  Goro Yoshida passes the ball to Aki Miya.  Aki Miya spots a run from Hiro Uemura.  He attempts to dink the ball to send his teammate through, but the linesman raises his flag for offside!  

41' - Paul Obanta plays the ball to Amer Syed.  Taro Tanaka tackles Amer Syed and takes possession.  Taro Tanaka slides the ball to Goro Yoshida.  Amer Syed dispossesses Goro Yoshida and takes the ball.  Rivers try to launch a quick counter attack.  Amer Syed uses his pace to beat Naoki Tomita.  

41' - Amer Syed spots a run from Vincent Agbo.  He attempts a long ball over the top, but Vincent Agbo has strayed offside!  

45' - The referee blows the whistle for half time. 

45' - Tokyo kick the ball off for the restart.  

48' - Jun Abe finds Hikaru Miya with a short pass.  Hikaru Miya plays a short pass to Jun Abe.  Jun Abe plays a long pass to Goro Yoshida.  Goro Yoshida attempts to use his skills to beat Arran Bird.  He sends his opponent the wrong way and takes the ball forward!  

49' - Goro Yoshida spots a run from Hiro Kuno.  He tries to release him with a long throughball, and Hiro Kuno takes the ball.  Hiro Kuno strikes the ball...and its in! It's a nice goal from Hiro Kuno for Tokyo!  The ball went in off the upright!

50' - Rivers kick the ball off for the restart.  

52' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Vincent Agbo is going to be taken off.  Chigozie Odubiyi is brought on from the bench.  

56' - Chigozie Dickson brings the ball forward, outpacing Jun Abe.  

56' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Aki Miya will come off.  Kei Hayashida is brought on from the bench.  

62' - Hiro Noguchi dispossesses Chigozie Dickson and takes the ball.  Hiro Noguchi finds Goro Yoshida with a long ball.  Paul Obanta successfully tackles Goro Yoshida and takes possession.  Paul Obanta plays a long pass to Amer Syed.  Amer Syed looks to hit a long range shot past the keeper...but Ryuu Yamagata gets down to stop the shot!  

63' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Kunle Onigbinde is going to be taken off.  Kunle Lagunju is going to be brought on.  

67' - Kunle Lagunju hits the ball long to Chigozie Dickson.  Chigozie Dickson attempts to beat Goro Yoshida using his skills, and manages to slip past his opponent!  

68' - Chigozie Dickson sees a run from Paul Obanta.  He tries to split the defence with a throughball, and Paul Obanta is able to control the ball.  Paul Obanta attempts the cutback, but Chigozie Dickson is unable to latch on to the ball and it goes loose!  Goro Yoshida finds Jun Abe with a long pass.  There is going to be a subsitution.  Arran Bird will come off.  Ogenyi Ebiede joins the game from the bench.  

69' - Jun Abe sees a run from Hikaru Miya.  He attempts to play a throughball, but Hikaru Miya has strayed offside!  

74' - Jun Abe spots a run from Kei Hayashida.  He attempts a long throughball to his teammate, but Kei Hayashida is caught offside!  

76' - Bryn Lawan hits the ball long to Paul Obanta.  With a turn of pace, Paul Obanta beats Kei Hayashida.  

77' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Hiro Noguchi is going to be taken off.  Takeshi Omori joins the game from the bench.  

83' - Kei Hayashida dispossesses Ifeanyi Ecoma and the ball goes loose.  Hikaru Miya tries to shoot from distance into the corner of the net...but the shot is deflected out of play by the keeper!  That will be a corner for  Tokyo.  Hiro Uemura will take the corner.  He whips the ball into the box, finding Hikaru Miya.  Hikaru Miya jumps up to head the ball down towards the bottom corner...but the ball flies wide of the post!

88' - With a turn of pace, Takeshi Omori beats Chigozie Odubiyi, but is then fouled.    The referee pulls out a card...it's yellow.  He books Chigozie Odubiyi.  That will be a freekick for Tokyo.  



The match has ended Rivers Utd 0 - 2 FC Tokyo.