00:00They will return to their clubs, they will be fighting their different battles, and then, 2026 World Cup year, of course.
00:12Mo Salah managed by Hossam Hassan, 4-2-1-3 formation for Egypt.
00:20Eric Schell with a 4-3-3 formation.
00:23Lokman, Oshimane, Iwobi, all benched.
00:30Nigeria to kick us off there in the green.
00:35Egypt in their traditional red colours with the white shorts.
00:43That's a good ball.
00:46Sobi delivers. Back post chance for a header.
00:50And Mustafa Muhammad beaten in the air.
01:00That's a good ball up to Adams.
01:02Using his strength, referee says play on.
01:05Nothing untoward there. Adams gets the shot in.
01:09A little bit of a deflection and fairly comfortable for Shubir.
01:13That's what he brought into the front three in this tournament.
01:16The same doing it as club throughout the early seasons.
01:20You know, that body strength that he used to get, you know, past defenders.
01:25The player, of course, was Sevilla in La Liga.
01:29Had a third-place match, which has ended goalless.
01:32That was in 2015, Equatorial Guinea and DR Congo.
01:36DR Congo won on penalties.
01:38And then, at the last edition, DR Congo and South Africa.
01:41South Africa winning on penalties.
01:50Salah.
01:51Ashur.
01:54Zizou.
01:56Is he thinking about the shot?
01:59Hani now, unmarked, gets the square ball in.
02:02Wabali doesn't control.
02:03And Salah from a very, very tight angle.
02:06You know, on the left side now, they've gone to the right side and doing the same.
02:10That was a beautiful, you know, pass behind, you know, the back line from...
02:16And Jiri, of course, unbeaten in seven third-place playoffs.
02:22And they should have had the opener there.
02:24Chikwesi.
02:25Save from Shubir.
02:27Slot a chance.
02:28Goal!
02:31He's got another one.
02:32This, Akko Adams, is a name for the future.
02:39Yeah.
02:40Pull out from, uh...
02:42That was the header from Chikwesi.
02:44You can see Chikwesi now control the ball, lift his head up.
02:47And then he saw...
02:48In the face of Fatih.
02:52He could be in a bit of trouble here.
02:54Yeah, not just the elbow, but if he gets away with it, he will be definitely a lucky boy.
03:01So Nigeria could go from leading by a goal to being down to ten men, level pegging with the Egyptians, heading towards halftime.
03:09And normally, you know, that's a natural position that we're talking about.
03:15Because if you get ready to limp, you must lift your, you know, you must lift your arms up, you know, to get there.
03:22But unfortunately, if there is a player there, you know, it's not intentional.
03:27Now, Ashur has been told to butt out.
03:31He certainly is a man who has a word.
03:34And now, what card is there?
03:36This could be a yellow.
03:37That's a little bit of a lucky let-off.
03:39Yeah.
03:41Not all that aware of what he did.
03:43Yeah.
03:44It wasn't, it wasn't forcefully done with aggression.
03:47That's what I was saying, man.
03:48Because you are a striker, you are a defender.
03:50When you are trying to limp up, of course, both of your arms will go up.
03:54And if it goes up, any...
03:58Let's see what these two sides have planned in the second half.
04:07That's nicely done by Fatih.
04:20He was the man who took the elbow in the face.
04:22The Nigerian goal disallowed Zizou up to Mohamed.
04:25And Ossay will keep a close eye on him.
04:31It's going to be a half-time here at Mohamed Sank Stadium in Casablanca.
04:37So just a single change so far.
04:44But you wonder whether the likes of Omar Mahmush on the Egyptian side is an option for Hossam Hassan.
04:51Or is he going to let the player go back to his club, Manchester City, without an extra game in his legs?
04:58This is given away for Chikwezu.
05:00This might be a good early start for the Nigerians.
05:03Adams, Shobin comes out.
05:05And it's flicked on and into the back of the net.
05:08And the flag is up, Mark.
05:10Lukman offside.
05:12It looks offside from the beginning.
05:14To build a booster for, you know, for Nigeria starting the half, very strong.
05:26You can see it's 100% offside.
05:28It's Oka.
05:29Oka Adams.
05:38That's fairly comfortably cleared away by Rabia.
05:41Now, a long-range shot.
05:44Bit of power on Yadika.
05:46Looking like he's getting a bit frustrated and impatient.
05:49He loves hitting those balls from that distance.
05:52And you can see because of the pitch, you know, it hurts.
05:59Ball over the top.
06:00Finds Lukman.
06:01Simon.
06:03Simon with a shot.
06:05Well, suddenly this halftime change has filled Nigeria.
06:09Good energy, but that for me is a wrong decision because Asahi had a beautiful run behind, you know, the line on the right-hand side.
06:17If he passes.
06:19Now we're going to afford a mistake right now.
06:21Here's Mamush.
06:23Out wide.
06:24One more goal.
06:33No way through for him.
06:37Looks like the Egyptians are content to take their chances in the shootout.
06:42Here comes Rabia.
06:45For Mamush.
06:46can he get the shot in good challenge on the edge of the area legal one as well so
06:52play continues and the referee decides that's enough so 90 minutes in this third place playoff
06:59no goals and the bronze medal still to be decided penalties coming up the midfielder from Lazio in
07:08italy to take the first kick right-footed efforts easily saved by shobin not the start the super
07:17eagles were looking for that's that's the penalty that i'm telling you and you know you see the the
07:24goalkeeper read it very very well can he deliver here for the egyptians
07:30nobody makes a very fine save that's a beautiful save strong hands and that was a good penalty
07:39kick by salah but you know one really read it pretty well and you know he got a strong stretch
07:45you know safe and you can see it wasn't an easy can he give nigeria a belated lead here in the
07:52shootout adams again shobin tucks it away keeper went one way the ball the other
08:00nigeria nigeria are one up good penalty read the goalkeeper saw the goalkeeper moved and he picked
08:06his corner and the benway boy put the ball simon appointed captain today with indeedy out injured
08:15moses simon just strokes that into the back of the net nigeria are tunnel ahead beautiful penalty he
08:25waited for the goalkeeper as well and got struck the ball in the corner another he
08:30doma boy from benjamin rabia gonna do this looks like he's gonna thrash it as hard as he possibly
08:36can up against wabali steers it uh comfortably into the back of the net and suddenly the crowd
08:42goes silent here that's another beautiful penalty you know he took his time you know waited for
08:48wambeli to move and then he just struck the ball on the ground and it's a goal kept egypt in the shootout
08:55three kicks taken it will be up against shobir who's dancing on his line
09:02is he edging nigeria closer alexi wobbe he is indeed one more kick you can see the relief on his face
09:14as a beautiful stroke penalty you can see how happy it's all pressure now putting nigeria
09:21to keep egypt in the race
09:23nigeria on the cusp of bronze medal summer looking to keep egypt in the race and he does so
09:31three two is the score line one of the best of the bunch you know struck the ball very very hard
09:37up into the corner wambeli stretch for the ball but unfortunately the power
09:42right-footed efforts from the atalanta man nigeria have won the bronze medals at the africa
09:51cup of nations penalty success after the goal is draw with egypt rather and the super eagles
09:59finish third on the nigerian face and that's the free the penalty from uh from lukeman you can see how
10:05it is strong if the goalkeeper was there he would still can't get because that's the same penalty
10:11the uh the egyptian play that wembley went for it and he couldn't touch it
10:16you
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