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FT: Nigeria 2-0 Niger Republic (Musa pen. 11′, Simon 84′)
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85′ GOAL! Nigeria 2-0 Niger. Moses Simon benefits from a pass from a Nigerien and shoots the ball beyond Kassaly.
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76′ Offside. Emenike played through but the flag goes up before he puts the ball in the Niger net
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74′ Ball over the top of Niger defence from Bature to Emenike whose first touch lets him down
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71′ Nigeria chance. Simon steals the ball off Wonkoye and crosses low into Niger’s box. Katakoie clears.
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67′ Niger sub. Modibo Isa Sidibe off, Adje Adebayor on. Utmanu Tidjani off, Inaussa Ismael on
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61′ Nigeria sub. Igbonu off, Yaro Bature of Nasarawa Utd on. Musa Off, Simon In
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58′ Good defending Sako (Niger) to halt Musa from going through on goal.
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55′ Nigeria’s Kwambe booked for a foul on Mohamane Cisse
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54′ Nigeria sub. Emenike on, Ujah off
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52′ Niger sub. Koudize off, Alio Youssouf on
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46′ Nigeria sub. Prince Aggreh of Sunshine Stars on, Usman Mohammed of FC Taraba off. Second half gets underway.
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HT: Nigeria 1-0 Niger Republic (Ahmed Musa pen. 11′)
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38′ Free kick taken by Niger. Off target and offside against the Nigeriens
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33′ OFFSIDE! Backpass falls to Musa (Nigeria) who slots home, But goal is chalked off for offside. A controversial call it is.
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28′ Musa breaks and decides to pass, ball falls kindly to Igbonu whose shot is deflected off target
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24′ Koudize of Niger is booked for a foul on Omeruo.
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17′ Niger win a freekick but now a corner after the ball deflected off a Nigerian defender.
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18′ Great turn of pace by Igbonu on the counter but that move breaks down
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12′ Ahmed Musa steps up….AND SCORES! Nigeria 1 – 0 Niger
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10′ Penalty to Nigeria. Deserved penalty after Anthony Ujah was brought down.
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5′ Its been Nigeria dominating the game so far
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3′ Samaila of Niger is booked for a foul on Rabiu Ibrahim
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0′ Game is on! Niger gets the ball rolling.
Nigeria: Ikeme, Oboabona, Omeruo, Kwambe, Obiora, Rabiu, Ujah, Akas, Igbonu, Usman, Musa.
Subs: Ezenwa, Madu, Emenike, Haruna, Eduok, Simon, Aggreh, Ekong, Oboroakpo, Bature
Niger:
– Ahmed Musa’s goal is the first OFFICIAL
goal under the tenure of Sunday Oliseh as Super Eagles coach.