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Nigeria: Starting line up: Stanley Nwabali (GK), Troost Ekong(Captain), Semi Ajayi, Zaidu Sanusi, Alex Iwobi, Onyeka Ademola Lookman, Samuel Chukwueze and Victor Osimhen
Ivory Coast Starting line up: Yahia Fofana(GK), Evan Ndicka, Ousmane Diomande, Ghislain Konan, Seko Fofana, Serge Aurier (Captain), Franck Kessie, C. Kouame, I. Sangere, Jeremie Boga and Jean-Phillipe Krasso.
Ivory Coast 0-1 Nigeria | 60 mins
Early warnings to the Nigerian goalkeeper over possible timewasting.
A long time left to play in this one.
48 SECONDS AGO
GGGGOOOOAAALLLL!!! Ivory Coast 0-1 Nigeria | Troost-Ekong, 54′
Yahia Fofana against William Troost-Ekong…
The Nigeria skipper, a centre-back remember, drills it into the back of the net!
THE SUPER EAGLES LEAD!
Ivory Coast 0-0 Nigeria | 52 mins
Ousmane Diomande kicked the underside of Victor Osimhen’s calf to leave him on the deck, will VAR have a look at that?
Ivory Coast 0-0 Nigeria | 51 mins
Nigeria breach the Ivorians’ box but Yahia Fofana opts to use his feet to clear, while Victor Osimhen is left in a heap on the ground.
Ivory Coast 0-0 Nigeria | 47 mins
An early stoppage as Christian Kouame and Calvin Bassey clash heads.
The Nigerian has come off second best and needs patching up by a physio.
Players file out for second half
The teams are making their way back to the pitch for the second half of Ivory Coast vs Nigeria.
Ivory Coast 0-0 Nigeria | 45 mins
A corner drops to Zaidu Sanusi at the edge of the box – and he’s going for it!
Whacked high and wide.
The board goes up for three added minutes. End of First Half
Ivory Coast 0-0 Nigeria | 42 mins
The ball goes out wide before Jeremy Boga’s cross is well dealt with by Nigeria.
Ivory Coast 0-0 Nigeria | 32 mins
Seko Fofana tries his luck from all of 35 yards and it’s a good hit, on target and palmed away by Stanley Nwabali.
Christian Kouame is first to the rebound but the flag goes up.
Ivory Coast 0-0 Nigeria | 27 mins
A quick look at the Group A table as we get back underway in Abidjan.
A draw here may well be just enough for both teams, with Nigeria then having to beat a Guinea-Bissau side that big things are not expected of.
Ivory Coast 0-0 Nigeria | 25 mins
Time for the cooling break at the midway point of the half.
Ivory Coast 0-0 Nigeria | 22 mins
The game has turned a little bit scrappy since that flurry of chances, Nigeria getting in amongst Les Elephants in a bid to show they are up for it – and a few fouls conceded as a result.
Both teams then break into the opposition boxes but the defences come out on top.
