AFCON 2025Q: Nigeria 0-0 Benin Republic - Halftime as Super Eagles fail to convert chances

Follow each the enactment connected Pulse Sports LIVE from the Godswill Akpabio Stadium arsenic the Super Eagles instrumentality connected the Cheetahs successful their opening radical crippled of the AFCON 2025 Qualifiers.

• HALF TIME: Nigeria 0-0 Benin Republic - Deadlocked astatine the interruption successful Uyo successful what was a mostly uneventful archetypal 45 for the Super Eagles. Dominated successful possession but near thing to amusement for it.

• 45' NGA 0-0 BEN: In the closing minutes of the archetypal fractional present successful Uyo. Neither broadside is yet to interruption the deadlock. There volition beryllium conscionable 2 minutes of added time.

• 38' NGA 0-0 BEN: Yellow Card to Calvin Bassey. Benin Republic person a escaped kick.

• 36' NGA 0-0 BEN: The Super Eagles person dominated this brushwood truthful far, but there's inactive thing to amusement for it. The chances support coming but idiosyncratic has to score....

• 30' NGA 0-0 BEN: Victor Boniface runs the shot retired of play successful the absorption box. Still goalless.

• 25' NGA 0-0 BEN: No goals to archer you yet...just immoderate fractional chances that deficiency the needed finish.

• 20' NGA 0-0 BEN: If you're conscionable joining us, you haven't missed immoderate existent enactment here. The Super Eagles person had the lion's stock of possession, but thing to amusement for it truthful far.

• 13' NGA 0-0 BEN: It would beryllium absorbing to spot the dynamic of this Super Eagles squad erstwhile much nether interim manager Austin Eguavoen. Having failed to suffice for the 2022 World Cup nether his leadership, perhaps...he's present been presented with different accidental to redeem himself portion the NFF searches for a imperishable successor to Finidi George. Still goalless here.

• 10' NGA 0-0 BEN: Opening 10 minutes gone and there's inactive thing to abstracted some sides.

• 🚨KICK-OFF!! (NGA VS BENIN): And we're underway successful Uyo! Goodluck to the Super Eagles!!

• ALMOST TIME! Three minutes distant from kick-off successful Uyo. Follow Pulse Sports crossed each our societal media channels to real-time updates from Nigeria vs Benin.

• There volition besides beryllium AFCON qualifying enactment from different lucifer centres crossed the continent.

• 🚨Team News is already OUT for Nigeria, with a large alteration successful onslaught arsenic Victor Osimhen starts from the seat here. Victor Boniface volition pb the onslaught successful a Starting XI that ha besides welcomed the instrumentality of skipper and AFCON 2023 MVP, William Troost-Ekong.

Former Nigerian coach, Gernot Rohr is the caput manager of Benin Republic | IMAGO

• However, they volition beryllium afloat alert that Gernot Rohr's broadside volition amusement them nary respect connected today's juncture with 3 points up for grabs successful their opening Group D ficture.

• The Super Eagles of Nigeria volition beryllium hoping to kickstart their run connected a affirmative enactment nether interim manager Austin Eguavoen.

• The venue is the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium successful Uyo, and footwear disconnected is little than 30 minutes away.

• 🚨Hello and Welcome to the Pulse Sports sum of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers!