Sunday, 3 February 2013

Nigeria: A Nation of Survival. Defeat of Cote D'Ivoire

                         Nigeria 2 Vs. Cote De Ivoire1- Live Blog
By SR Sports 
Nigeria vs Cote De Ivoire at the African cup of nation.
0'25-1st Nigerian incursion
01' 33"-Ivory coast made a daring incursion into Nigeria's 18' yard
2' 30"- Freekick to Ivory Coast
3' 50"-Free kick deflected
8' 00- Nigeria misses
9' 16"-Victor Moses let out a powerful shot at goal, saved by Ivoirian goal keeper.
12' 30- Drogba wins a corner kick
15' 30"- Nigeria wins a free kick
16' 07"- Ideye misses a header from Victor Moses
18' 20"- NIGERIA 0- IVORY COAST 0- Teams playing under slight rainfall at the Royal Mafikeng stadium in Rustensung, South Africa
Stadium is sparsely populated by football spectators. Plenty of Nigerian supporters at the stadium.
20' 00" - Long shot by Obi Mikel
21' 00- Free kick for Nigeria. Free kick missed by Nigeria
23' 47" - Corner kick by Ivory Coast
26' 41- Amunike misses a chance
27' 51"- Ogenyi Onazi gets a yellow card- 1st in today's game. Ivory Coast wins a free kick
31' 64"- Ivory Coast wins a free kick
33'- Drogba's brilliant play in Nigeria's 18' yard
39'00- Yaya Toure brought down , earns Ivory Coast a free kick
42- Nigeria scores first goal through Emmanuel Emenike via a free kick
HALF TIME- Nigeria 1- Cote Divoire 0
47' -Ivoirian player gets a yellow card for fake dive in Nigeria's 18 yard
48' 52- drogba gets a free kick on the edge of Nigeria's 18' yard
50' - Ivoire coast scores from a free kick taken by Didie Drogba
54'- Match getting very physical as Emenike gets a free kick
55'- Nigeria wins a corner kick
Moses to take it. Oboabona fouls. Ivory Coast wins a goal kick as a result
59'- Drogba gets a corner kick
64- Nigeria gets a corner kick
65'- Corner kick gets a header from Ideye but saved by the Ivorians
69'-Salomon Kalou out replaced by Max Gradel of Ivory Coast
70'- Echejile brilliant play earns Nigeria a corner kick
72'- Nigerian Emenike caught offside
77'- Nigeria scorews again
78'- Nigeria scores second goal
82'- Ivory Coast makes a substitution
84'- Nigeria did not make any changes to its line up
86'- Emenike is down. Gets a free kick while medics attend to Emenike
87'- Drogba is caught offside
89- Yobo replaces Victor Moses

Nigeria has always pride itself as nation that dances on the cliff without falling. Over the years, the numerous morass and increase in militant and terrorists activities seem to have overidden this bias.

The defeat of Ivory Coast today shows the country is still on track as master of miracles of the cliff. The Super Eagles before the match has been written off and all pundits favoured Ivory Coast. Nigeria is to meet Mali in the Semi Finals.

In the end, someone will have to tell Emmanuel Eboue that the Claws of the Eagles are devastatingly sharp. They pierce into the eyes of the elephants.

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