Africa Cup of Nations

FT Sunday, January 23, 2022
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Stade Omnisports Roumdé Adjia

Match Report

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Tunisia upset Nigeria to book Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal place

Captain Youssef Msakni scored with a long-range shot to hand COVID-hit Tunisia an improbable 1-0 win over 10-man Nigeria in Garoua on Sunday.

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Team Stats

22
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
5
1
Saves
1
46.9
Possession
53.1
7
SHOTS
13
3
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
299
Accurate Passes
338
374
Passes
412
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
3
6
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.2
61
Long Balls
52
21
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
2
8
Effective Tackles
7
22
Tackles
12
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
15
Interceptions
6
17
Effective Clearances
4
17
Clearances
4

Head to Head

NGA leads series 1-0-4

Lineups

NGA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Maduka OkoyeG
  2. 22Kenneth OmeruoCD-L
  3. 5William Troost-EkongCD-R
  4. 12Zaidu SanusiLB
  5. 2Ola AinaRB
  6. 14Kelechi IheanachoAM
  7. 10Joe AriboLM
  8. 4Wilfred NdidiRM
  9. 19Taiwo AwoniyiF
  10. 15Moses SimonAM-L
  11. 17Samuel ChukwuezeAM-R

TUN · 4-3-3

  1. 22Bechir Ben SaïdG
  2. 3Montassar TalbiCD-L
  3. 2Bilel IfaCD-R
  4. 5Oussama HaddadiLB
  5. 20Mohamed DragerRB
  6. 17Ellyes SkhiriCM
  7. 28Aïssa LaïdouniLM
  8. 25Anis SlimaneRM
  9. 11Seifeddine JaziriF
  10. 7Youssef MsakniLF
  11. 19Hamza RafiaRF

Timeline

  1. 20' Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 47' Goal! Nigeria 0, Tunisia 1. Youssef Msakni (Tunisia) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Mohamed Dräger.
  3. 53' Aïssa Bilal Laidouni (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 59' Substitution, Nigeria. Alexander Iwobi replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
  5. 60' Substitution, Nigeria. Peter Oladeji Olayinka replaces Taiwo Awoniyi.
  6. 66' Alexander Iwobi (Nigeria) is shown the red card.
  7. 69' Substitution, Tunisia. Naïm Sliti replaces Hamza Rafia.
  8. 74' Substitution, Nigeria. Umar Sadiq replaces Samuel Chukwueze.
  9. 83' Bechir Ben Saïd (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 86' Substitution, Tunisia. Issam Jebali replaces Seifeddine Jaziri.
  11. 86' Substitution, Tunisia. Wahbi Khazri replaces Youssef Msakni.
  12. 88' Substitution, Nigeria. Ahmed Musa replaces Joe Ayodele-Aribo.
  13. 90'+5' Substitution, Tunisia. Omar Rekik replaces Anis Ben Slimane.

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