2025 AFCON: NIGERIA LEAD TANZANIA 1-0 IN GROUP C OPENER

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Half-time: Nigeria 1-0 Tanzania

‎Ajayi’s 36th-minute header gives Nigeria a slim lead over Tanzania at the break.

‎45+1 mins: Nigeria 1-0 Tanzania

‎Tanzania keeper dives left to stop Ndidi’s low drive. Chukwueze misses chance to hit rebounce quickly into goal. But the keep springs to tip Chukwueze’s slow effort over the bar.

‎45 mins: Nigeria 1-0 Tanzania

‎The referee signals one minute of stoppage time.

‎42 mins: Nigeria 1-0 Tanzania

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‎Tanzania defender gets in the way to stop Iwobi’s dangerous corner.

‎36 mins: Nigeria 1-0 Tanzania

‎Goal! Iwobi’s through ball finds Ajayi, who heads it into the net to give Nigeria the lead.

‎35 mins: Nigeria 0-0 Tanzania

‎Tanzania’s Mwamyeto produces a superb clearance on the line to deny Osimhen after the striker rounded the goalkeeper.

‎33 mins: Nigeria 0-0 Tanzania

‎Chukwueze threads a pass to Osimhen, whose shot drifts wide of the target.

‎30 mins: Nigeria 0-0 Tanzania

‎Half-hour mark! Chukwueze delivers from the right corner, and Masudi leaps to claim it but collides with a Nigerian, hitting the ground. He recovers and clears the danger.

‎27 mins: Nigeria 0-0 Tanzania

‎Close call! Ademola Lookman takes a 25-yard free kick, but it deflects off a defender and goes out for another corner.

‎25 mins: Nigeria 0-0 Tanzania

‎Free kick Nigeria! Osimhen is fouled by a Tanzania defender, earning a set-piece for the Super Eagles.

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