00:00now he watches on as we get underway referee blows the whistle and away we go on match day two
00:06of qualification for the 2027 africa cup of nations guinea basal take on nigeria and group
00:15out and immediately something to think about for sandy and wabali
00:21to come out of his box and head that one away from the onrushing beto
00:2915 seconds on the clock super eagles keeper already put to work
00:37super eagles in their away strip of all white shooting from right to left as we watch on in
00:44this first 45 the jertus wild dogs translates all red
00:52francolino ju scored the first goal of the qualifying campaign for guinea basal
01:00now he passed cal route one and it might yet work out as basi's headed it into the chest
01:06oh francolino ju and he made amends tidied up
01:14great speed and dribbling ability from encada who gets it back looks to put in the early ball
01:20and wabali's got there he's spilt it and ensured he was the first to the loose ball
01:26lookman didn't really hit the heights that most knew he was capable of
01:32made a lone move to arby leipzig permanent in 2019
01:41since moving to atalanta really pushed on
01:50it's guinea basal pushing on here francolino ju cuts inside let's fly oh he is on fire
02:00francolino ju makes it two and two
02:05he scored the first of his qualifying campaign he scored the first on match day two as well
02:11and it was a beauty
02:22just as nigeria seem to be settling into the game and finding their feet they find themselves behind again
02:31no sweats for emiliano tate
02:41this young man is looking like a potential superstar
02:48cutting inside on his left foot and just bent it into the far corner
02:55stanley and wabali rooted to the spots
03:06as francolino you hear the noise rise inside of the stadium
03:09the expectancy
03:13now guinea basal looking to strike on the break
03:16well naga let fly but it did fly
03:21he always looked dangerous on the counter
03:23card is spinning away brilliantly there and finding francolino who's going to cut inside on his left again
03:28this time it's over the bar
03:31this time it's over the bar
03:33and that will be half time
03:37so far so good for guinea basal
03:40two nil win
03:42on match day one they're one nil up at half time on that occasion they're one nil up at half
03:47time again
03:47here this time on home soil against the mighty super eagles as well
03:52francolino due for the second game running with the opener
03:56where they hold this lead to the end
03:59maybe even double it as they did
04:03in the first half is moses usor
04:09injection of pace
04:10an attacking change
04:12the central midfielder replaced by a winger
04:16as we get back underway here 45 minutes remaining
04:27there's usor
04:30really exciting
04:32our match day one
04:36scoring as a debutante
04:38so to the george elena cana
04:45into the feet of lookman
04:47seemingly on side
04:49play continues
04:51and yumechi lifting it over to usor
04:53and moves is simon on the spin
04:55again not the right contact
04:58it's been too many missed kicks in front of goal
05:00for the super eagles
05:02so far today
05:04naga
05:06onto kasama
05:07whipping the early ball
05:08it's only cleared to the edge of the area
05:11and parried round the boats by standing in wabali
05:15it's in the resulting corner
05:30as ever
05:31the usual tussles
05:33hustle and bustle
05:34in the box and
05:37frustration
05:38visible there for opus on gonte
05:40up against calvin bassey
05:43saying that the
05:44nigerian
05:44is going to ground too easily
06:04headed up into the air
06:06by lookman
06:08still unable to clear it totally
06:10and it's struck on the volley
06:11and in wabazi
06:12was very fortunate
06:13that that spun back to him
06:17not one of their best chances
06:18yet nigeria
06:24back to that volley from
06:26francolino
06:27it did bounce just in front of him
06:29wabali
06:31there's options ahead of him
06:32he was looking for mama balde
06:34that's not the best piece of defending
06:35and another let off for nigeria
06:38beto bounces it over the bar
06:40and that's the man
06:43lulled in
06:45lulled in
06:46lulled in and
06:47ultimately giving away
06:49the free kick
06:58and here's mama balde
07:00yes
07:01in off the post it's 2-0
07:04and for all nigeria's endeavor
07:06early in the second half
07:08guinea basal
07:10just as they did a few days ago
07:12have doubled their lead
07:15and it's the captain
07:16who scored the second
07:23and they have a mountain to climb now
07:40the boy born in basal
07:43the boy born in basal
07:44now captain of his country
07:46puts them 2-0 up against the
07:48super eagles
08:00it's exactly the same combination
08:06against
08:07it was francolino in the first half
08:09balde in the second
08:10it's exactly the same story again
08:13it's a stunning finish
08:14he's passed it in
08:16off the base of the far post
08:18no chance
08:20for enwa balde
08:26and mama balde
08:30it's
08:30moses simon
08:31not moses usaw
08:33strikes it
08:34hits the wall
08:34comes back to him
08:35tried with the left foot
08:40and here we go
08:41gonna be a third to kill the game off
08:44no
08:44the slip looked like it moved
08:46might prove
08:48basi floats it forwards
08:51perfectly onto the boot
08:52this is
08:52on Sachsen
08:52his inheritance
08:57one way or another
08:58with on Niamethi
09:03you've got the delivery
09:04right
09:04it is headed
09:05away
09:05well
09:05by alfaice
09:06ah
09:06e
09:06rop ó it
09:21is headed away
09:22playing in Saudi Arabia, Al Itihad, six goals two assists in nine games so far
09:33this season in Saudi Arabia, rather surprised we didn't see him earlier as
09:39tensions threatened to simmer if not boil over, a bit of shoving
09:49I think, fortunate that nobody camera didn't make more of that in truth
09:55Alfa Samedo didn't appreciate it, let Iwobi know, earned a yellow card for his troubles
10:04all said and done just yet, but this, make no mistake, is a huge step towards finishing top of Group
10:14L
10:16and they're still on the attack
10:23under his tutelage
10:26look, the real deal on the basis of this first international window
10:30and here they come, looking to apply a cherry on top of the icing already on this cake
10:38and there it is, 3-0, three points, a perfect start to the AFCON qualifiers for Guinea Bissau
11:01they're breaking onto the pitch to celebrate Alvaro Diallo, up to third
11:14a famous win over the Super Eagles
11:19what is looking like a two-horse race for the qualification spot in Group L
11:27one which they have just cleared a significant hurdle towards
11:34Eric Schell stares into the middle distance
11:41throwing players forwards, they went all out, even at this late stage
11:49Diallo able to amble up to the edge of the area
11:55cut inside, Asahi Samuel, and then passed it into the bottom corner
12:00Enwa Bali again rooted to the spot, wrong-footed
12:12can have been brought on earlier, he's been lively in his cameo
12:26it's one to forget for Eric Schell, don't have to put this behind them
12:32and come back, hoping for better on match day 3
12:39it doesn't get much better than this though on match day 2, nor match day 1 for Guinea Bissau
12:45a perfect start to their qualification campaign
