Malta U21		Nigeria U21
Malta 4312	Tactics	AFCON 2
48%	Possession	52%
45%	Play in the half	55%
9	Shots	4
2	Fouls	0
0	Yellow cards	0
0	Red cards	0
0	Offsides	2
51.4	average mark	47.6
solid	Shooting	good
solid	Passing	good
good	Defending	solid

1 minute.
Axisa lobs the ball high into the air. Sevasta ineptly catches the ball. Aliyu just manages to reach the ball first. Sevasta cleverly intercepts the pass. Sevasta has a fantastic effort at goal.
What a tremendous chance!

2 minute.
Sevasta wins the ball from behind. Sevasta makes a sublime pass. Urpani plays the ball through. Spiteri just manages to reach the ball first. Spiteri has a fantastic effort at goal.
It was close.

3 minute.
Muscat ineptly catches the ball. Dombraye takes over possession. The assistant referee points to the corner. There is a bit of a scramble inside the box. Enyeama takes the corner-kick. Here comes Dombraye, having a little trouble catching the ball.
Missed by few inches.

11 minute.
Dombraye plays the ball off with his head. Aminu approaches the ball. Brincat trips an opponent. That`s a foul! Aminu got injured in the clash, he may have to be substituted.

12 minute.
Aliyu cleverly intercepts the pass. Aliyu centers. Muscat approaches the ball. Dombraye wins the ball from behind. Dombraye takes a swing and hits it... The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers!

14 minute.
Ezeugo wins the ball from behind. Musumeci cleverly intercepts the pass. Musumeci passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Spiteri takes over possession. Spiteri has a fantastic effort at goal.
Missed by few inches.

26 minute.
Ekwueme just manages to reach the ball first. Leonardi wins the ball from behind. Leonardi makes a sublime pass. Urpani just manages to reach the ball first. Urpani lobs the ball high into the air. Adeshina palms the ball clear. Spiteri takes over possession.
What a tremendous chance!

36 minute.
Leonardi has been injured, he will have to be substituted. Demartino comes on to the pitch. Musumeci, swiftly takes the throw-in. Enyeama just manages to reach the ball first. Urpani cleverly intercepts the pass. Urpani lobs the ball high into the air. Spiteri gets his head on it. Adeshina palms the ball clear.

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: Malta U21 44%, Nigeria U21 56%.
None of the teams have managed to break the deadlock - the game remains closely poised!
Malta U21 - Nigeria U21 0:0

58 minute.
Demartino makes a one-touch pass. Edusei takes over possession. Edusei centers. Spiteri takes over possession. Spiteri takes a swing and hits it... Adeshina miraculously changed the ball`s trajectory.

63 minute.
Musumeci takes over possession. Musumeci makes a sublime pass. Urpani just manages to reach the ball first. Urpani centers. Spiteri gets his head on it.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Malta U21 - Nigeria U21 1:0

65 minute.
Musumeci makes a one-touch pass. Urpani takes over possession. Urpani passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Sevasta approaches the ball. Sevasta shoots. The keeper makes a terrible mistake, losing an easy ball.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Malta U21 - Nigeria U21 2:0

66 minute.
Odemwingie comes on to the pitch.

71 minute.
The ball is kicked out of play. Bajada comes on to the pitch. Attard comes on to the pitch.

84 minute.
Throw-in. Borg comes on to the pitch.

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: Malta U21 47%, Nigeria U21 53%.
Malta U21 - Nigeria U21 2:0