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00:00 [Music]
00:07 He lays the ball in the corner.
00:09 Well, he's had a modest club career, mostly in the third tier in Spain, now on loan in Poland.
00:17 But, always done the business for Equatorial Guinea.
00:20 Is there a quick response? Lukman with the left foot. Yes, there is. Osserman.
00:25 Flag stays down. And then, Osserman had the simplest of tasks, to just head it over the line.
00:33 They'll check for the offside. He was well onside there.
00:37 [Music]
00:40 It was Esteban Orozco who played him onside.
00:45 [Music]
00:47 The big striker from Napa.
00:48 [Music]
00:51 As Lukman is about to send a very dangerous corner in.
00:56 Dealt with very well there by Ondra.
00:58 And the mean man just pounced.
01:00 And the delivery coming once again.
01:03 Coming in by Lukman. A great opportunity on the edge of the penalty box.
01:06 Stopped there by Ondra. Oh, it's gone in. It's gone in.
01:10 The Super Eagles, they are soaring super high.
01:14 That's the goal that we were talking about.
01:16 Ajayi! Let's roll it on.
01:20 You can see the pressure from the corner kick.
01:22 And the goalkeeper came out twice. He never dealt with it.
01:26 And he gave Nigerian the opportunity. And what a way to start.
01:29 First of all, goalkeepers shouldn't have been out there punching there.
01:32 Should have been their defender. Lukman gets it. Puts another one over there.
01:36 Goalkeeper comes out. He's down on the ground. It's been picked up.
01:39 A shot. He's down on the ground. Look, the defenders need to come in there. Surely, Daniel.
01:44 Yeah, definitely. The goalkeeper should have done this.
01:47 The number one important message to the goalkeeper is to use your fist to punch,
01:52 not just to parallel the ball. And he paralleled it twice.
01:55 And it caused the team to concede a goal.
01:58 Super, super pressure from the Super, Super Eagles.
02:03 They have laid down a marker here in the opening minutes.
02:07 And Cameroon under a lot of pressure here.
02:09 They know that they now need to set things up and get some ball.
02:14 Look at the celebrations.
02:15 They're not looking for anything quite like that.
02:17 Lukman, Lukman. Alex Iwobi gets the ball out to the left-hand side.
02:20 The delivery comes in. Oh, it's a great goal.
02:23 They got the goal. Nigeria, goal number two.
02:26 That is fabulous. Fabulous play.
02:29 Oh, the follow-up. The pass and the shot was just sublime.
02:34 Nigeria are soaring high. That's surely the final word, the final statement.
02:42 The top flights of the Super Eagles. Brilliant play.
02:46 I'm just trying to see who actually finished it up.
02:50 I think it was Lukman. That's his brain.
02:53 Yeah, it is. Lukman, it's me.
02:56 And you can see the excitement from the Nigerian spectators in the crowd.
03:01 You see a lot of good faces. That's a good combination play.
03:05 And they did it sound right. And you have to give credit to Calvin.
03:08 Because Calvin saw it. He made the run.
03:10 And he didn't just bring the cross in. He looked for a flare.
03:14 And he crossed the ball into Lukman's path.
03:16 And Lukman plays the ball beautifully into the back of the net.
03:19 That shot, Daniel. You know what it's like to be in that position.
03:25 He opened up his right foot.
03:27 He got enough force to get that shot to buckle the hands of Fabrice Ndoua.
03:33 His positioning is just great.
03:39 That's a good opportunity. A little bit of space.
03:42 Moses Simon down the left hand side. Can he get a shot in?
03:44 Squashes it into the back of the net.
03:47 Nigeria is Lukman. Lukman's done it.
03:50 He's got that goal. Beautiful work from the wingers.
03:53 The wingers come together and jump with joy and celebrate Nigeria take the lead.
04:00 The celebration is final.
04:07 The Super Eagles take the lead here in Abidjan.
04:11 Moses Simon dancing down the left side.
04:16 Shore his butt and Nigeria celebrate.
04:21 Already how he changed sides.
04:24 And then that was the sluggishness of Gaspar.
04:29 He's not the fastest player you see.
04:32 And Moses Simon goes in.
04:35 Very good vision.
04:39 He lifts his head and gives the right pass.
04:44 Wonderfully played.
04:46 But already how he changed the side.
04:49 He's got that vision.
04:51 And then Moses Simon giving the great pass.
04:55 Anybody who knows anything about Eagles knows that they've got amazing vision.
05:01 That was pinpoint accurate.
05:05 (Electronic Sounds of Data)
05:07 (explosion)