Nigeria will take on Angola in the quarter-finals on Friday.
FT: Nigeria 2-0 Cameroon
That’s it! Nigeria have advanced to the quarter-finals, sending Cameroon home!
Osimhen comes off
90+9′ Nigeria 2-0 Cameroon
Nigeria make a late double change, bringing off Osimhen who set up their first goal and was generally brilliant today.
Cameroon nearly gift Nigeria third goal
90+8′ Nigeria 2-0 Cameroon
Cameroon win a late corner but Nigeria manage to scramble the ball away to safety.
Nigeria quickly mount a counter-attack going the other way, forcing a Cameroon defender to nearly turn the ball into his own net.
GOAL! Nigeria seal victory!
90′ Nigeria 2-0 Cameroon
Game over!
Bassey wins a free kick with some slick skills down the left wing. Nigeria catch Cameroon off guard from the set piece and Lookman sneaks into the box to score his second goal. Cameroon’s defence fell asleep.
Iwobi misses chance to seal victory
88′ Nigeria 1-0 Cameroon
Iwobi leads a fast Nigeria counter-attack. He plays a one-two with a team-mate and receives the ball deep in the Cameroon box, but makes a complete mess of his first-time shot and wildly misses the target.
Nwabali forced off injured
80′ Nigeria 1-0 Cameroon
Nigeria’s goalkeeper Nwabali has been clattered a few times in the second half and the last collision with N’Koudou proves to be too much.
He leaves the pitch on a stretcher with his hands covering his eyes and is replaced by Uzoho.
Aboubakar comes on for Cameroon
77′ Nigeria 1-0 Cameroon
The man who led the last edition of AFCON with eight goals replaces Gonzalez. Anguissa gives him the captain’s armband.
72′ Nigeria 1-0 Cameroon
N’Koudou inadvertently clears out the lower body of Nwabali as he lunges for the ball in the box, prompting both players to stay down and receive treatment.
Cameroon are running out of time. When will we see any changes from the managers, most notably Aboubakar for Cameroon?
71′ Nigeria 1-0 Cameroon
N’Koudou drops himself to the floor quite easily under pressure from Lookman, winning a dangerous free kick on the left wing.
He delivers the ball into the box but it’s comfortably cleared by Nwabali.
61′ Nigeria 1-0 Cameroon:
We’re an hour into the match and Cameroon are still searching for their first shot on goal. Neither side have put on an attacking clinic though, with Nigeria leading shot attempts 4-3.
52′ Nigeria 1-0 Cameroon
Huge roar from the Cameroon fans as Aboubakar strolls out and starts warming up in front of them.
They quickly go silent when Wooh fouls Onyeka on the edge of the box, earning himself the first booking of the match and giving Nigeria a dangerous free kick.
50′ Nigeria 1-0 Cameroon
Both teams are playing the 3-4-3 system. All of Cameroon’s goals at this tournament have come from set pieces or crosses. Nigeria are successfully stifling their attack by preventing their wingers from putting balls into the box.
46′ Nigeria 1-0 Cameroon
Less than 30 seconds into the second half, Osimhen is bursting down the right wing isolated against a single defender.
Gonzalez steps in towards the ball and sends Osimhen tumbling to the ground. It looked like a foul but the referee deems it fair.
Osimhen stays down for several moments, seemingly more out of dissent than out of physical pain.
Second half is underway!
46′ Nigeria 1-0 Cameroon
Cameroon resume the action and we’re back underway in Abidjan!
Rigobert Song will be hoping he inspired a response from his side during the break, as Cameroon really struggled to create chances in the first half.
HT: Nigeria 1-0 Cameroon
The whistle blows for half-time and Nigeria take their one-goal advantage into the break.
First-half stoppage time
45+1′ Nigeria 1-0 Cameroon. Six minutes are added on to the end of the first half, thanks to a VAR review, a goal, a cooling break and a few injuries.
40′ Nigeria 1-0 Cameroon
Ekong clatters Anguissa to the floor, prompting the Cameroonian player to take exception. He shoves Ekong with his chest, but nothing escalates further and the referee gives them both a few strong words.
Nigeria coach smilesÂ
Lookman gets the goal
37′ Nigeria 1-0 Cameroon
Osimhen is an absolute menace out of possession and keeps making important tackles. This time he catches Cameroon’s defender out, races onto the ball and sets up Lookman for a simple finish. Ondoa makes half a save but the ball manages to trickle over the line!
Even though he didn’t score, it’s Osimhen’s name the Nigerian fans are chanting.
GOAL! Nigeria take the lead!
36′ Nigeria 1-0 Cameroon
Osimhen creates something from nothing and Nigeria have the lead!
Rabona by Aina
28′ Nigeria 0-0 Cameroon
Aina shows off with a lovely rabona, popping the ball up towards a team-mate. The pass doesn’t quite come off, but you have to appreciate the flair.
Magri gets involved
24′ Nigeria 0-0 Cameroon
Magri shows some serious skill to control the ball with his head in a tight space on the side of Nigeria’s box, but he’s surrounded by defenders and can only send a cross into the arms of Nwabali in net.
20′ Nigeria 0-0 Cameroon
Cameroon win the ball and midfield and pour forward. Ekambi tries to set up a shot from range just beyond the Nigeria box, but Ekong makes a perfect tackle to dispossess him.
Nigeria immediately set away on a quick counter-attack going the other way, but Cameroon get players behind the ball in time to prevent a scoring chance.
Nigeria’s opening goal is disallowed
12′ Nigeria 0-0 Cameroon
Cameroon are let off the hook! Amid the chaos in the box, Nigeria’s attackers were offside as the ball pinballed around.
VAR reviewing Nigeria goal
10′ Nigeria 1-0 Cameroon
Nigeria’s goal may have been offside
GOAL! Nigeria take an early lead!
8′ Nigeria 1-0 Cameroon
Tolo and Ondoa get their signals crossed as Tolo needlessly concedes a corner, redirecting a Nigeria cross that wasn’t headed towards any attackers.
Lookman whips a dangerous ball into the box, Ondoa punches it clear, but Cameroon fail to clear the danger.
Iwobi sends the ball back in, it pinballs around the box before falling kindly for Ajayi, and he knocks it home amid the chaos!
3′ Nigeria 0-0 Cameroon
We are only two minutes into the game and the fans are already chanting Osimhen’s name. Could this be the game where his tournament truly catches alight?
1′ Nigeria 0-0 Cameroon
Nigeria get the ball rolling and we’re underway in the second round of 16 match in Ivory Coast!
Players are on the pitch! We’re just moments away from kick-off now!
Lineups:
Nigeria XI: Nwabali, Aina, Ekong (C), Ajayi, Bassey Zaidu, Onyeka, Iwobi, Lookman, Simon. Osimhen.
Cameroon XI: Ondoa, Wooh, Gonzalez, Castelletto; Tolo, Zambo (C), Ntcham, Ngamaleu; Nkoudou, Magri, Toko.
Follow all the action as two of the continent’s heavyweights face off in the AFCON round of 16 in Abidjan.
Welcome to Truth Live News football commentary for the 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) knockout match between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon.