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Argentina beats Nigeria 1-0 for Olympic gold
posted 2:18 am Sat August 23, 2008 - BEIJING
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Angel di Maria has fired Argentina to its second Olympic football title in a row in a 1-0 victory over Nigeria.Di Maria collected a through ball from Lionel Messi in the 58th minute to give 2004 winner Argentina another gold medal and leave the Nigerians, champions in 1996, the silver. Brazil won the bronze on Friday by beating Belgium 3-0 in Shanghai.
The only football game to be played in Beijing's Olympic stadium, Saturday's match was watched by a crowd of 89,102 but hampered by very hot conditions and the referee took the rare step of twice allowing players to stop and take drinks.
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