Blow by blow – Niger vs Tunisia
Hello and welcome to the Stade de Kigali for this Chan 2016 Group B match between Niger and Tunisia.
Ahmed Akaichi of Tunisia (Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix)
– referee Bamlak Tessema Weyesa blows his whistle full-time. Full-time score: Niger 0-5 Tunisia
– 90+1′ Essifi makes it 5-0 for Tunisia with a cool finish!
– 3 minutes of added time to be played
– 90′ Akaichi’s shot is tipped over the crossbar by Ayouba
– 84′ Double substitution for Niger: Mossi and Adamou make way for Saidou Harouna and Issiakou Koudize
– 81′ GOAAAL! Ben Amor makes it 4-0 for Tunisia with beautiful finish!
– 78′ GOAAAL! Akaichi beats the goalkeeper and hammers the ball into an empty net!
– 78′ corner kick for Niger
– 76′ chance for Tunisia! But Essifi’s shot is saved by Ayouba
– 74′ RED CARD for Niger! Youssouf is sent off for a second bookable offence!
– 73′ free kick for Tunisia in a good scoring position
– 73′ Substitution for Tunisia: Zied Derbali comes on for Bguir
– 69′ Adamou shoots well over the crossbar from long range
– 65′ Youssouf tries a long range shot, but goes wide of goals
– 62′ Substitution for Tunisia: Monser makes way for Hichem Essifi
– 61′ offside call goes against Tunisia
– 59′ Sakou also gets a yellow card for an off-the-ball incident
– 58′ free kick for Tunisia and a yellow card for Moctar
– 56′ Mossi’s long range shot is saved by Jeridi
– 52′ Substitution for Niger: Yacouba Moctar comes on for Seyni
– 49′ Mossi’s header goes narrowly wide of goals for Niger
– 47′ corner kick for Tunisia
– Niger get the second half underway
– referee Bamlak Tessema Weyesa blows his whistle blow for the half-time break. Half-time score: Niger 0-2 Tunisia
– 2 minutes of added time to be played
– 45′ corner kick for Tunisia
– 42′ Akaichi shoots wide of goals as Tunisia launch another attack
– 39′ GOAAAL! Bguir completes his brace and put Tunisia 2-0 up!
– 37′ chance for Niger! But Seyni fails to connect with the ball. Good chance that
– 30′ Seyni’s free header goes over the crossbar
– 29′ corner kick for Niger, but it’s cleared by Tunisia
– 28′ Ayouba does well to deny Bguir from close range
– 22′ offside call goes against Tunisia
– 17′ free kick for Tunisia in a good scoring position and a yellow card for Youssouf
– 16′ corner kick for Niger and Seyni heads wide of goals from it
– 13′ another free kick for Tunisia in a promising position
– 12′ free kick for Tunisia
– 10′ Shehu hits the side netting for Niger
– 6′ GOAAAL! Bguir puts Niger in the lead with a powerful low shot!
– 5′ another corner kick for Niger
– 4′ offside call goes against Tunisia
– 3′ corner kick for Niger
– Tunisia get the game underway
– kick off
Starting XI:
Niger XI: Soumaila Ayouba, Musa Shehu, Youssouf Alio, Adamou Moussa Issa, Mossi Moussa Issa, Adebayor Adje, Souleymane Sakou, Ganiyu Elh Tijani, Imarana Seyni, Abdoulaye Amadou, Dwankwae Kofi
Tunisia XI: Rami Jeridi, Zied Boughattas, Meriah Yassine, Marouane Tej, Abdelkader Oueslati, Ahmed Akaichi, Ali Maaloul, Mohamed Ben Amor, Mohamed Ali Monser, Mathloudi Hamza, Saad Bguir.
Hello and welcome to the Stade de Kigali for this Chan 2016 Group B match between Niger and Tunisia.
