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6:23 Sunday Oliseh is taking a stab at the prematch analysis.
6:35 Burkina Faso have just arrived the match venue. They are coming out of their coach into the team’s areas
6:45 Players are on the field kicking the ball around (pre-match warm up). The stadium is bristling with people, packed to the brim and a Supersport Journalist is interviewing a man on the Nigerian contingent.
6:48 We are told Victor Moses is out of the game…I just heard that…awaiting confirmation on the pitch.
6:54 Ticketing issues at the National Stadium in South Africa makes it difficult for people to gain access to watch the match. Crowds of people mill around the entrance waiting for their tickets to be confirmed. Fake tickets were on sale too…causing problems at the gate

7:20 Match is finally about to start. President Jacob Zuma marching into the field with officials…is shaking the players hands….hope it would be worth it

7:23 Nigeria’s national anthem just finished….Burkina Faso taking their turn…someone behind me just said “you guys are going home” as they sing their anthem….see fanciful hairstyles…like wild rain-deers

7:25 Jacob Zuma shaking the hands of the Nigerian team on the bench….he smiles grace behind those nationalistic spectacles of his…

7:27 CORRECTION: Victor Moses is in the game…he’s playing…fantastic. I hear cheers around me

7:28 Nigeria has kicked off the game.

7:29 Mali’s keeper is first in their team to touch the ball…tells me volumes…Mikel is wriggling with pain…what’s wrong with him…someone meted a hard tackle …

CHANGE TO FOOTBALL TIME COUNT

2:13 Nigeria wins a throw-in…BF boys are getting more of the action now…approaching Nigerias goal mouth,…they are tackled and dispossessed
3:52 Nigeria goalmouth scare…BF boys are daring ooo
4:49 Offside against Nigeria…
5:40 First corner kick for Nigeria….Hard tackle against Echiejile by Raoumba of BF
6:00 Header from Unazi goes wide ..good header
8:04 I observe that BF boys are hefty and muscular…they tackle hard as well and also push our boys harder….what do we do? Echiejile does a good dribble…passes to Moses who lobs the ball to get a corner kick…crowd around me explode in cheers

9:00 Nigeria misses open net… BF builds up around Eagles goalmouth but fizzle out

11:21 BF is getting the best of the ball…Nigeria counters…passes the half-line…passes to Kalu Uche and he is caught offside
12:40 Two players, Nigerian and BF are on the ground…Nakoulma and Onazi head-butted each other
14:14 Throwin against Nigeria…Dispossessed by BF…mercifully ball rolls to Nigeria’s keeper
15:00 Nigeria survives a goalmouth scare…
16_00 Nigeria builds up around BF goalnmouth but fizzles….they are at it again…Ideye misses coordinating the ball close to BF keeper
18:00 Nigeria misses a chance to coordinate and capitalize at the goalmouth…real opportunity lost
19: 00 Victor Mosses takes a shot at goal and keeper saves…
20: 58 Ike Uche is tangled by a BF player
21:30 Nigeria loses ball after good build up…Echiejile making a run on the left flank
23:30 Nigeria concedes a throwin….and also concedes a free kick ala Ideye…BF takes a shot at goal but shoots wide….
26:00 BF takes a daring build up around Nigeria’s goalmouth but lose opportunity
27:00 BF plays freekick but shoot wide
28:00 Enyeama makes a clean catch….BF concedes freekick in their half
29 Moses and Ambrose miss a coordinated attack at goal
33: 00 Moses gets roughened up midway….BF conceded freekick as a result
36:10 Bad backpass for Nigeria…mercifully BF didnt capitalize…. Moses coordinating more with Ambrose than Uche
37:00 Ball control a bit poor on the Nigerian side now….Onazi gets yellow card for fouling a Burkinabe
38:00 Freekick from BF gives Nigeria a scare
39:30 Sunday MBA scores a goal…Nigerias first
41:00 Enyeama runs off his line and got beat but a Nigerian player saves the day….although later ref declares it offside….again BF press Nigeria but miss the goal
45:00 Breathtaking action midfield…both teams equally matched at the moment…BF is getting more of the action …Nigeria almost scores…lobbed over the goalmouth