Diego simeone arrived yesterday in Nigeria and was welcomed with a host of beautiful ladies
Torres for sure was overwhelmed by the warm reception
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Yeah, truly they arrived in Nigeria, Akwa Ibom state showing their culture at the best.
The have been going on intensly
AND THE REFREE BLOWS FOR THE END OF THE MATCH 93'😫😫
90' Three minutes of time added on in Uyo.
89' Thomas Partey gets himself a spot in the referee's notebook for an ill-advised challenge.
86' Have I missed something about Correa's goal? It was nice and all, but... scratches head
85' Right, Atlético community managers: now you can say 'what a goal'. Vitolo feeds Garcés, and the 18-year-old well and truly bursts the net, thumping the ball into the top corner past Femi Thomas, who hasn't got a snowball's
84' Goooal! Garcés thumps Atlético back in front!
81' Their opener wasn't too shabby either, to be fair. The hosts have treated them to two cracking goals.
80' Having just survived a scare after bringing the ball out with supreme sloppiness, Atlético are pegged back by a fantastic solo effort by Usman Mohammed. He plays a one-two, advances into the box and then turns this way, then that, leaving defender Montero with twisted blood before coolly slotting home underneath Werner. Jink-tastic.
79' Gooooal! Kinkladze-esque! Nigeria level!
77' It seems that that injury to Duru may be a bad one. Let's hope not.
75' Atlético make a double substitution: Olabe comes off for Gabi, and Agüero (not that one) is on for Correa, who I'd say has been one of Atlético's bright spots.
74' Nwakali gets the decibels rising in the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium with a flurry of jinkery on the left-hand byline, but he ends up running out of space, and the chance is lost. Atleti's Jota is then caught sleeping and robbed of the ball pretty much on his own six-yard line, but he is not made to pay for his carelessness.
69' Alhassan Abdullahi is also on, for Samad Kadiri.
69' Duru is stretchered off with what looks like a twanged knee, and Utin is on in his stead.
68' Another look at that Torres goal suggests that Nigeria's man between the sticks might have done just a little better with it, in as much as he let it go straight through his fingers. Still, 'El Niño' a departing goal.
67' Werner flaps dreadfully at a Nigeria corner, but the Super Eagles can't capitalise and Atlético stay in the lead.
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63' Atlético win a corner, Correa delivers, Torres plants a firm header home at the near post.
63' Goooooal! Fernando Torres heads Atlético into the lead! It should have been stopped
62' Off comes the less than sharp-shooting Gameiro for youngster Borja Garcés.
61' Correa gets himself a yellow card for handball.
58' Nigeria made a substitution just before that Atleti chance, the lively Eduok being taken off for Tosin Omoyele.
57' It should be 2-1 to Atlético! Vitolo jinks his man dizzy on the right, before slipping an angled ball into the box for Correa. He cuts it back for Gameiro, who can't beat Femi Thomas from six yards out. However, the rebound falls right to Torres. Can he grab a goodbye goal? No. He rolls it wide.
55' A lofted ball almost gets Torres in on goal, before Atleti come again, Vitolo skipping past a challenge before feeding Gameiro to turn and shoot. His low drive takes a deflection that threatens to leave the goalkeeper wrongfooted, but Femi Thomas is alert to grab hold of it anyway
51' I tell a lie, Atlético made five changes at the break: Jota is also on. As I write that Partey slaps a speculative effort miles over the bar 😶
50' Partey gets himself involved in a spot of handbags with Nwakali, but it goes no further than a bit of light mutual pushing.
48' Up the other end, Samad Kadiri almost connects with a back-post cross for Nigeria.
47' And it is Torres who has the first shot of the second 45, bringing a relatively routine stop from Thomas with low effort from outside of the box.
46' Simeone has made four half-time changes, by the way: Werner, Solano, Vitolo, and - two a rousing reception - Torres are
AND ITS HALF TIME 1-1********
38' That Nigeria opener appears to have awoken Atlético from the slumbers. Gameiro is very nearly in for a second for Los Colchoneros, but goalkeeper Femi Thomas is out quickly to disabuse the former Sevilla man of any notions he might have had of completing a quickfire turnaround.
36' No, it did not.
34' It's all about the pass from Partey, which is a delight. He looks up, spots Correa and feeds through a ball that splits the Nigerian defence down the middle, leaving Correa to run in on Femi Thomas and finish with aplomb.
34' And within two minutes, Atlético equalise!
32' The ball is cleared only as far as Nwakali, who pulls it down 25 yards out, drops his shoulder, and pings the bouncing ball into Oblak's top corner! Lovely, lovely goal.
31' Goooooal to Nigeria! And it's a ruddy pearler! It had been coming.
30' The Nigeria team's official Twitter account have rather helpfully tweeted their line-up just shy of the half-hour mark.
27' Nigeria get another free-kick in almost exactly the same position as the one that brought Chinedu Ajanah's header, and Eduok's delivery locates the bonce of Olamilekan, who can only direct it harmlessly wide.
26' Thomas feeds a sweet little ball into the run of Gameiro in behind the defence, but he is flagged offside.