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Goals and Highlights: Nigeria 0-1 Tunisia in African Nations Cup
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A favorite falls
Nigeria was eliminated in a surprise victory by Tunisia.
Final Score: Nigeria 0-1 Tunisia.
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Match ends.
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Five minutes are added.
86´
Nigeria now tries a shot outside the box but the ball goes wide.
80´
Tunisia tried to score the second but were denied a goal by Nigeria's defense.
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Nigeria was approaching the opponent's area and the ball was sent for a corner kick.
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Tunisia Change
In:Sliti
Out:Rafia
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Iwobi receives a red card.
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Yellow card for Laidouni of Tunisia.
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Goooooooooooool Tunisia! Youssef M'Sakni shoots from outside the box and beats the goalkeeper.
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The second half begins.
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End of the first half.
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Nigeria maintains possession but has yet to shoot on goal.
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The game is being played in midfield.
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Yellow card for Nigeria's Iheanacho.
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Nigeria keeps possession and prowls the box but has yet to get a shot on goal.
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The game is being played in both areas.
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The match begins.
11 inicial de Túnez
This is how the Tunisian team takes the field:
Nigeria starting 11
This is how the Super Eagles take the field:
Nigeria in good spirits
It was in this atmosphere that Nigeria traveled to the stadium:
We meuve!!! #SoarSuperEagles #Team9jaStrong #AFCON2021 pic.twitter.com/4ALZpMh3Z9
— 🇳🇬 Super Eagles (@NGSuperEagles) January 23, 2022
Tunisia's national team is already at the stadium
This was the arrival of this selection:
#NIGTUN 🇳🇬🇹🇳 #CAN2021 #TeamTunisia
— Tunisie Football (@tunisiefootball) January 23, 2022
(📸 FTF) pic.twitter.com/jDuTyARLx6
Extra motivation for Nigeria
Bamidele Onalaja in a video call with Nigeria's captain, Musa, promised the team 1 million per goal during the knockout stages of the Cup. He also said each member of the team will get a piece of land. if the team wins the Championship.
Tunisia is going through a rough patch
The 2004 champion team of the African Cup of Nations, in this tournament has not had a very good time since only a victory with four goals in favor, gave them the pass to the round of 16, without being able to score against their other two rivals, they will face a difficult Nigeria, but this tournament is full of surprises and that is what this team is looking for.
Nigeria a strong selection
The Nigerian national team has established itself in recent decades as one of the strongest in its confederation, having qualified for six of the last seven World Cups and possibly one more if they manage to qualify for Qatar 2022, so in this African Cup they are one of the favorites to win the title.
Welcome
Welcome to the rebroadcast of the game between Nigeria vs Tunisia corresponding to the round of 16 of the African Cup of Nations, in today's duel we will see a Nigeria that advanced with perfect pace to face a Tunisia that with only one victory managed to remain in the tournament.
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Watch out for this Tunisian player
Khazri, center forward plays for St-Étienne of the Ligue 1, the experienced player in this African Cup of Nations is the top scorer of the Tunisian national team with two goals, scored in the match against Mauritania, as it was the only match where they scored a goal, for the match against Nigeria he should bring his experience as a striker to open spaces and generate dangerous arrivals.
Watch out for this Nigerian player
Iheanacho, Leicester City's center forward, is one of the most promising strikers in the Premier League, with more than 64 goals at club level he has become a reference in Nigeria's attack in the current tournament, with just one goal in the African Cup of Nations, the clash against Tunisia is his chance to score and add to the list of scorers.
Latest Tunisia roster
Ben Said, Abdi, Talbi, Ifa, Mathlouthi, Laidouni, Skhir, Slimane, Rafia, Jaziri, Khoui.
Latest Nigeria roster
Uzoho, Collins, Ajayi, Ekong, Ebuehi, Nwakali, NDIDI, Ejuke, IWOBI, Umar, Iheanacho.
Background
Nigeria 1-1 Tunisia 13 Oct, 2020 International Friendlies
Tunisia 0-1 Nigeria 17 Jul, 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
Tunisia 1-1 Nigeria 22 Jan, 2016 African Nations Championship
Nigeria 2-2 Tunisia 6 Sep, 2009 African Qualifiers
Tunisia 0-0 Nigeria 20 Jun, 2009 African Qualifiers
Arbitration Quartet
To be confirmed.
Tunisia to take advantage of its lucky break
The Tunisian national team started the tournament in a bad way losing against Mali 1-0, their performance improved when they beat Mauritania 4-0, however they lost again against Gambia, Tunisia expected a combination of results that for the good of them was given and allowed them to reach the round of 16 of this tournament, the keys to beat Nigeria is in how focused they can be in defense as it is a team that usually attacks regularly, They will also have to sharpen their aim since the Mauritania team could not score a single goal, which indicates that it was a very inferior team to the rest of the group, and in their other matches Tunisia could not score a goal, the game looks very uphill for this team, they only have to take the game so that the Nigerian team despairs and loses the rhythm.
Nigeria on perfect pace to advance further
The Nigerian team started the tournament facing a great rival, Egypt, the duel was dominated by Egypt in possession but Nigeria was who generated more danger in the area, Iheanacho opened the scoring in the first half and that was enough to take the victory against the team led by Salah, their two games against Sudan and Guinea-Bissau, ended in easy victories, so the Nigerian team finished as leader of group D and as the best team of the group stage with nine points out of nine, the Nigerian national team is emerging as one of the favorites to win the championship and not only the good performances support it, the team has great players like Iheanacho, Ndidi, Chukwueze, among others, Nigeria will face Tunisia a rival that did not do well in the group stage but the rules allowed them to play in the round of 16, although it seems an easy opponent, they should not be confident because a mistake could leave them out in what could be their tournament.
The round of 16 is underway
After an intense group stage, the elimination rounds begin in the African Cup of Nations, Nigeria will face Tunisia in one of the duels where there is a clear favorite, however anything can happen as we have seen many surprises so far in the tournament, this game is all or nothing and a mistake could leave out anyone, Nigeria comes as leader of their group while Tunisia got in as one of the best third places.
Welcome
Good afternoon to all VAVEL readers! Welcome to the coverage of Nigeria vs Tunisia, match of the African Cup of Nations. The match will take place at the Roumdé Adjía Stadium at 2:00 PM ET.