Africa Cup of Nations

FT Sunday, July 14, 2019
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Algeria WWWWW 2
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ALG112
Cairo International Stadium · 49,775 att.

Match Report

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Mahrez sends Algeria to final in stoppage time

Algeria forward Riyad Mahrez curled in a free kick in stoppage time to give Algeria a 2-1 win over Nigeria in a tense Africa Cup of Nations semi.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
20
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
3
50.6
Possession
49.4
11
SHOTS
8
4
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
310
Accurate Passes
293
400
Passes
385
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
3
6
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.3
55
Long Balls
81
21
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
10
15
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
5
Interceptions
7
17
Effective Clearances
10
17
Clearances
10

Head to Head

NGA leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ALG · 4-1-4-1

  1. 23Raïs M'BolhiG
  2. 4Djamel BenlamriCD-L
  3. 2Aïssa MandiCD-R
  4. 17Adlène GuédiouraDM
  5. 21Ramy BensebainiLB
  6. 18Mehdi ZeffaneRB
  7. 22Ismaël BennacerCM-L
  8. 10Sofiane FeghouliCM-R
  9. 8Youcef BelaïliLM
  10. 7Riyad MahrezRM
  11. 9Baghdad BounedjahF

NGA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Daniel AkpeyiG
  2. 22Kenneth OmeruoCD-L
  3. 5William Troost-EkongCD-R
  4. 3Jamilu CollinsLB
  5. 20Chidozie AwaziemRB
  6. 18Alex IwobiAM
  7. 4Wilfred NdidiLM
  8. 8Peter EteboRM
  9. 9Odion IghaloF
  10. 7Ahmed MusaAM-L
  11. 13Samuel ChukwuezeAM-R

Timeline

  1. 40' Own Goal by William Troost-Ekong, Nigeria. Algeria 1, Nigeria 0.
  2. 52' Baghdad Bounedjah (Algeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 68' Sofiane Feghouli (Algeria) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 70' VAR: Penalty Kick. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  5. 71' Aissa Mandi (Algeria) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  6. 72' Goal! Algeria 1, Nigeria 1. Odion Ighalo (Nigeria) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  7. 78' Substitution, Nigeria. Henry Onyekuru replaces Samuel Chukwueze.
  8. 88' Chidozie Awaziem (Nigeria) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 90'+5' Goal! Algeria 2, Nigeria 1. Riyad Mahrez (Algeria) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top left corner.

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