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Four minutes of stoppage time. This will seem like an age to the Nigerians!
90′ Substitution Victor Moses Joseph Yobo
90′ Yellow Card Vincent Enyeama
89′ First change of the match from Nigeria. The impressive Victor Moses comes off for Joseph Yobo. His experience will be vital in these final moments!
87′ Nigeria are doing well to break up the play here. They are patiently keeping possession in an attempt to run down the clock. Are we in line for a grandstand finish? Or will The Super Eagles progress to the semi-final?
85′ Fantastic challenge from Mikel!! The ball breaks to Traore inside the area and he looks poised to shoot on goal, but the Chelsea man comes in to poke the ball away at the final moment! Great defending!
84′ Ivory Coast are going for it now, and they have to! Lacina Traore comes on for Romaric. Attacker on for a defensive midfielder!
83′ Substitution Romaric Lacina Traore
82′ Gervinho clips a cross into the centre of the box and Toure attempts an acrobatic shot but a free kick is given against him for dangerous play. Frustration all round for the Elephants!
81′ Yellow Card Sol Bamba
80′ What will Nigeria's gameplan be now? After they scored in the first half they sat back, so will be they looking to shut up shop?
78′ Goal Sunday Mba
GOOOOOOOOAAAAL FOR NIGERIA!!! Sunday Mba drives through the middle and drops the shoulder before shooting on goal. The ball bounces off the back of Sol Bamba and loops over Barry in the Ivory Coast goal! 2-1 to The Super Eagles!

Ivory coast 1 Nigeria 2
79′ Goal! (Sunday Mba)
77′ Nigeria not out of this, though. With the quality they have, they will always be a threat in attacking areas.
75′ Corner kick to Ivory Coast. Gradel gets down the left on the overlapand reverses a cross into the centre but the ball is cleared out. The Elephants looking the more likely here!
73′ The match really is end-to end stuff here. Both sides are going for it! They don't want extra time! Still plenty of time to grab a goal.
71′ Just under 20 minutes remainingnow. A place in the semi-final of the Africa Cup of Nations is up for grabs, and the tension is starting to build.

65′ The quality of the crossing in thematch has been poor so far. Players are getting into decent positions on the wings but the final product has not been good enough.
63′ Emanuel Eboue is currently downinjury. The Galatasaray man just landed awkwardly as he was fouled and he is down holding his groin. The stretcher is on but it looks like he'll be okay.
61′ Moses looks to dink the ball over the top of the Ivory Coast defence for Ideye but there is just too much pace on the ball and it floats out for a goa kick.
59′ Kalou picks up the ball from Toure and bursts down the right-hand side but his final ball into the box is extremely poor. Nigeria easily clean up and work the ball up the park.
57′ The corner is floated in but the referee blows his whistle for a free kick to the Ivory Coast. The official has been very picky aboutthe hustle and bustle going on inside the box from set-pieces.
56′ Moses drifts in from the right and clips a cross to the back post, but the ball eventually comes off Zokora and goes out for a corner kick.

54Yaya Toure looks to exchange a one-two with Gervinho, but instead the Arsenal man turns and rifles a strike towards goal, but it is blocked by Omeruo.
52′ Ivory Coast needed to start the second half at a much higher tempo and they have done exactly that. The Elephants are definitely on the ascendancy now.
50′ Assist Didier Drogba
50′ Goal Cheikh Tiote
GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAL FOR IVORY COAST!!! Drogba clips a free kick to the back post and Tiote is there to bullet a header over the line for his first goal for his country! 1-1!
48′ Kalou is booked for diving! The Lille man cuts inside and goes down under the challenge of Kenneth Omeruo but the referee rightfully shows him a yellow card!
47′ Yellow Card Salomon Kalou
46′ We are back under way in Rustenberg!

Half time in Rustenberg. A powerful strike from EmanuelEmenike is the difference between Ivory Coast and Nigeria in this Africa Cup of Nations quart-final. The Super Eagles haveoutplayed the Elephants so far and deservedly lead going into the break! Join us in 15 minutes for the second half!

44′ Well, that looked like it was a fantastic strike from Emenike, and it was. However, Ivory Coast goalkeeper, Boubacar Barry, let the ball go straight through the middle of his hands. Very, very poor.
43′ Assist John Obi Mikel
43′ Goal Emenike
GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAL FOR NIGERIA!!! WHAT AN UNBELIEVABLE STRIKE!! The ball islaid off for Emenike 30 yards out and the Spartak man lashes a rocket past Barry in the Ivory Coast goal! 1-0 Nigeria!

43′ Assist John Obi Mikel
43′ Goal (Emenike)
GOAL! Ivorycoast 0 Nigeria 1

39′ Yellow Card Yaya Touré
39′ Toure receives a booking for the foul on Moses.
38′ A break in play at the moment asVictor Moses is currently down. The Nigerian was body-checked by Yaya Toure in the middle of the park. The Ivory Coast man is not exactly a player you want bouncing into you!
36′ Awful, awful cross from Siaka Tiene. The left-back gets in a great position down the left and, with Drogba and Gervinho insidethe box, blasts the ball out for a throw-in on the opposite side of the field.
34′ The Manchester City midfielder floats the ball to the far post but again Nigeria remain solid and get the ball away. Another free kick from the Elephants that doesn't pose any threat whatsoever.
33′ Another set-ipiece opportunity for Ivory Coast after Gervinho is fouled while attempting to drift inside. Yaya Toure will take the free kick

31. There is a real lack of urgency in Ivory Coast's play. They have had a fair amount of possession but the tempo of their passing is extremely slow, and as a result, Nigeria have been able to defendrelatively comfortably so far.
29′ First booking of the match goes to Ogenyi Onanzi. The Nigeria man cynically brought down Kalou on the left wing. Deserved yellow.
28′ Yellow Card Ogenyi Onazi
27′ Terrible miss from Emenike!!! Moses slips a neat pass into the box for the Spartak man but he horribly slices the ball high and wide when he had the whole goal in which to aim! Best chance of the match so far goes begging!

[25]The corner is whipped in
towards the near post and
Drogba looks to flick the ball on
but Nigeria eventually scramble
the ball away. The Elephants are
starting to feel their way more
into the match now.
24′ TIOTE!!! He picks up the
ball from some way out and
lashes a strike at goal but
Enyeama turns the ball round
the post for a corner. We have
seen him score goals from that
distance for Newcastle!
22′ Moses takes an intelligent
quick free kick towards
Emenike on the right-hand
channel but the Spartak
Moscow man isn't on his toes
and the ball goes out for a goal
kick. Good idea but the
execution wasn't there.
20′ Poor pass from Kalou! The
former Chelsea man picks up
the ball in a great central
position put his pass towards
Drogba is way off the mark and
the Nigeria get the goal kick.

Ivory Coast are yet to get
going here. Drogba, Kalou, and
Gervinho have had a few
touches up top but Enyeama in
the Nigeria goal has not been
tested at all so far.
16′ Ideye Brown gets on the
end of another Moses set-piece
but again his header goes
wayward. It was good
defending from Eboue, who
just done enough to put off the
Nigeria attacker.
15′ Another free kick to
18′
Nigeria in a useful position. This
time Mba is the man who is
brought down on the wing.
14′ Romaric whips in a corner
kick from the right-hand side
and Sol Bamba attempts an
acrobatic bicycle kick at the
front post, but the attempt goes
way over the bar. He isn't really
known for his goalscoring
ability!
12′ The Super Eagles have
started the better of the sides
here. You feel that they have to
make the most of this period as
Ivory Coast will likely feel their
way back into the match.
11′ Emenike just gets
crowded out inside the box and
Ivory Coast impressively play
their way out of defence and up
the park.
9′ What a strike from Moses!!
The Chelsea man picks up the
ball 25 yards from goal and
lashes a powerful shot towards
goal but Barry manages to palm
the ball away! Good save as
there was a lot of venom in that
attempt!
7′ Victor Moses floats a cross
to the back post and Ideye rises
high to head towards goal but
his attempt goes a few yards
over the bar and doesn't bother
goalkeeper, Barry.
6′ Eboue currently down after
a tussle with Ideye Brown. The
former Arsenal man just
suffered a slight blow to the
face but it looks like he'll be
okay. Free kick to the Elephants.
5′ Tiene steps up and whips
the set-piece towards goal but
it bounces off the top of the
Nigeria wall and bounces out
for a throw-in. Ivory Coast
should have made much more
of that.
4′ Free kick to Ivory Coast after
Drogba goes down. This is in a
very useful position so they
should be looking to get a shot
on goal.
3′ Good start to the match
from Ivory Coast. Already we are
seeing glimpses of their
impressive one-touch passing
in tight areas.
2′ This has been billed by
many as a potential match of
the tournament. We have plenty
of talent on show, so let's see
what the likes of Didier Drogba,
Yaya Toure, and John Obi Mikel
can muster up.
1′ We are under way!