Africa Cup of Nations

FT Sunday, June 30, 2019
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Madagascar DLDDW 2
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MAD112
Alexandria Stadium · 9,895 att.

Match Report

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Madagascar shock Nigeria to win AFCON group

Madagascar pulled off one of the great shocks of the Africa Cup of Nations finals when they upset Nigeria 2-0 on Sunday to finish top of Group B.

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
15
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
1
61.1
Possession
38.9
12
SHOTS
7
1
ON GOAL
3
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
462
Accurate Passes
267
541
Passes
354
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
2
26
Crosses
8
0.2
Cross %
0.3
46
Long Balls
71
25
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
3
Blocked Shots
2
7
Effective Tackles
15
12
Tackles
21
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
6
Interceptions
12
8
Effective Clearances
29
8
Clearances
29

Lineups

MAD · 4-3-3

  1. 23Adrien MelvinG
  2. 21Thomas FontaineCD-L
  3. 5Pascal RazakanantenainaCD-R
  4. 22Jerome MombrisLB
  5. 20Romain MétanireRB
  6. 13Anicet AndrianantenainaCM
  7. 15Ibrahim AmadaLM
  8. 6Marco IlaimaharitraRM
  9. 9Fanéva Imà AndriatsimaF
  10. 2Andria LF
  11. 12Lalaïna NomenjanaharyRF

NGA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Ikechukwu EzenwaG
  2. 6Leon BalogunCD-L
  3. 5William Troost-EkongCD-R
  4. 2Ola AinaLB
  5. 20Chidozie AwaziemRB
  6. 10John Obi MikelAM
  7. 8Peter EteboLM
  8. 19John OguRM
  9. 9Odion IghaloF
  10. 7Ahmed MusaAM-L
  11. 17Samuel KaluAM-R

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Madagascar 1, Nigeria 0. Lalaïna Nomenjanahary (Madagascar) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  2. 45' Substitution, Nigeria. Wilfred Ndidi replaces John Ogu.
  3. 53' Goal! Madagascar 2, Nigeria 0. Carolus Andriamahitsinoro (Madagascar) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  4. 59' Substitution, Nigeria. Alex Iwobi replaces John Obi Mikel.
  5. 62' Substitution, Madagascar. William Gros replaces Faneva Ima Andriatsima.
  6. 73' Substitution, Nigeria. Moses Simon replaces Samuel Kalu.
  7. 73' Substitution, Madagascar. Mamy Gervais Randrianarisoa replaces Pascal Razakanantenaina because of an injury.
  8. 80' Marco Ilaimaharitra (Madagascar) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 86' Substitution, Madagascar. Rayan Raveloson replaces Ibrahim Amada.

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