Nigeria vs Sudan: Super Eagles Win 3 - 1 In Abuja

The Super Eagles of Nigeria did their best to rehabilitate themselves in the eyes of millions of fans and to keep their hopes for defending their title at the 2015 African Cup of Nations alive by winning a tough match in front of the home crowd.

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19:05 Happy fans are on the pitch. Some clashes with the policemen and stewards feared.

Group A standings: 1. South Africa 7; 2. Congo 6; 3. Nigeria 4, 4. Sudan 3.

South Africa vs Congo match starts at 19:05 (Nigeria time).

90`+2 And the referee blows the whistle! The Super Eagles are back on track after tough but deserved home victory against the  Falcons of Jediane! Congratulations!

90`+1 Substituition #3 Nigeria: Ighodaro Osaguona IN, Ahmed Musa OUT

90` Two minutes added.

90` Ahmed Musa, second goal for this evening. Well done!

87` Nigeria plays very careful, rational game after scoring for the second time. The situation in the mid-field and in the defense looks stabilised

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86` Substitution #2 Nigeria: Gbolahan Salami IN, Samuel Aaron (the goal scorer) OUT

84` Substitution # 2 Sudan: Salah Ibrahim (the goal scorer) OUT, Muhagid Faroug IN

78` Emenike shows off his skills by making a solo run. His final shot is blocked by a Sudanese player

76` Dangerous free kick opportunity for Nigeria. Onazi is at the ball.... It's wasted

72` The hosts have started defending. Sudan is pushing

68` Substitution #1 Sudan: Mohamed Ahmed IN, Omer Mahmoud OUT

65` Samuel Aaron (Nigeria) scores! Great decision by Stephen Keshi to invite the player from China

64` Substitution #1 Nigeria: Sone Aluko IN, Raheem Lawal OUT

64` Confused Nigerian players have to start everything from the beginning. A series of corner kicks performed by them in the last minutes

55` Salah Nimir disappoints the Eagles. Nigeria 1 - 1 Sudan

51 ` Nice shot by Aaron Samuel  misses the target. The Eagles want more goals now!

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48` Ahmed Musa scores! Nigeria 1 - 0 Sudan

46` No rain at Abuja National Stadium, TV picture is back, but with significant delay! The rain has nearly stopped. Nigeria has no option but to keep attacking fiercely for the next 45 minutes.

45` Two minutes added. The rain has eased a little bit

43` Two minutes before the half-time. Nigeria is yet to score and to keep the chances for AFCON 2015 alive

39` The rain made the field almost unplayable. Mikel's performance is affected by poor conditions of the grass

35` Heavy rain in Abuja, TV picture is lost

31` Bakri booked for diving

25` The rain is coming

20` Sudan are not intimidated and they have settled down

16` Raheem Lawal is fouled. Free kick to the Super Eagles in Sudanese half

15` Nigeria's attacks being neutralised by Sudan

13` Ahmed Musa shoots at goal, but it is deflected for corner

9` Aaron Samuel snatches his shot from distance, off target.

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2` An early corner for Nigeria. Not dangerous

1` And off we go!

16:56 Sudanese national anthem starts, followed by Nigeria's anthem. The spirits at the stadium are high!

16:53 Let's have a look at the line-up of the guests from Sudan: Abdul Rahman Daei, Ammareh Abdullah, Atif Khalid, Abdul Latif Boya, Alrayyah Ali, Jalal Abdullah, Khaled Elalamein, Altaher Al-Haj, Modathir Careca, Bakri Abdulgadir, Hossam Nasreddin

16:45 About 15,000 spectators have already made it to the 60,000-capacity arena in Abuja.

16:28 Sports journalists learned that Ogenyi Onazi to play right back.

16:17 The players are out for a warm up.

Despite Saturday's 1-0 defeat still hurts, Nigeria has an impressive statistical advantage, as Sudan managed to win 3 times only in total of 14 clashes at various competitions.

The Big Boss made 4 changes as compared to the starting list of the previous game. The OFFICIAL Nigeria's Eleven looks like this: 1. Enyeama 17. Onazi, 4. Omeruo 2. Oboabona 13. Oshaniwa; 10. Mikel 12. Akpan 14. Lawal; 7. Musa 9. Emenike 5. Aaron Samuel.

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At the same time, a football commentator Kelechi Nkoro predicted earlier today that the Eagles' starting 11 in the crucial home game vs Sudan may be (1-3-4-3).

This means that China-based striker Aaron Samuel, Reading midfielder Hope Akpan, Juwon Oshaniwa and Raheem Lawal are to start for Nigeria today.

Our congratulations to Akpan and Samuel on their international debuts!

In another unpleasant development, some aggrieved fans, who are annoyed by the poor performance of Stephen Keshi and his boys staged a protest nearby the National Stadium in Abuja.

Latest reports from the National Football Federation indicate that no matter what the result is, Stephen Keshi would be to be out of his managerial post.

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Venue: Abuja National Stadium

Battle of coaches: Stephen Keshi vs Abdallah Mazda

Players to watch out for: Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria) / Mudathir ElTayeb 'Kareka'(Sudan)

Kick off time: 5pm.

Up Super Eagles, up Nigeria!