Ethiopia vs Nigeria LIVE Commentary

Wow, what a half. Noise levels rising inside the stadium. Must be the fastest game I've ever seen in Affrican football. Send your thoughts over to me via Twitter: @jololade and tell me, will Nigeria survie the second half? 45′ +1 In added time now, Saladin forces Enyeama into a great save and for a corner kick. Nigeria clear the kick as the referee calls time on this half. Nigeria will be glad that they have escaped going behind in this first half. 44′ Still the Ethiopians delight with their passing, quick, short and accurate. They are in front in terms of possession but need to make it count with a goal. 42′ Godfrey Oboabona, the Rizespor defender has shown his quality so far int his game as he's helped the Eagles avoid going behind. Mikel gets into a tangle. 40′ Emenike wins a free kick but Onazi's kick goes above the bar. I'm worried about the flight of the ball, the altitude makes balls lighter than usual 39′ Emenike gets a shot on target with Tassew well placed to stop it from going in. The Eagles relying on fast breaks now. Can they keep up with the pace of the Antelopes? 38′ Adane Girma, who I didn't expecct to start this game, just carved open the Nigerian deffence once again but shoots high above the cross bar. Think he shouldhave passed to his point man Saladin there. 36′ It's amazing how easily the Antelopes carve open the Nigerian midfield with passes like Barcelona. However, they need to try to find the target, they need better shooting to test Enyeama. 34′ The weather here is even affeccting the Antelopes who have opted for a quick water break. 33′ Tassew makes a save off a snap volley by Ahmed Musa. That shot came from nowhere, didn't see it coming. 31′ The referee waves away calls by Saladin for a penalty but it seemed Egwuekwe won the ball off him cleanly. Weather's getting cold here but the energy in the stands ensures there's enough warmth around 29′ Shimeles Bekele wins a free kick off Onazi but Abebaw Butako shoots it high above Enyeama's goal. Nigeria launch out again with boos from the crowd 27′ This match is being played at frenetic pace, the Ethiopians trying to outrun the Nigerians as they hope the altitude will work for them. 25′ Crowds booing now, they feel robbed of that opportunity. Nigeria look to arrange themselves once more. A strong call for goal line technology in all football among local journalists here. 23′ Ethiopia denied a goal by the referee after Saladin Said's attempt seemed to have crossed the but Oboabona kept it out. 22′ So far, the Antelopes have shown that ther are not pushovers. They have attacked and hassled the African champions and delighted their fans with their play here. 20′ Great opportunity for Oduamadi to score but he meets it with his heels and misses target. Nigeria showing strength now 18′ Moses wins another free kick off Seyoum who would need to be careful of a second booking. Goalkeeper Tassew misses Musa's cross into the box and the Nigerians win a corner. Dangerous one there. Corener kick goes wide. 16′ Mikel gets brought down and the referee blows for a foul. Nigeria lose possession again in this speedy game played at high altitude. How long before they run out of air? 13′ Yellow Card Tesfaye Seyoum 13′ First yellow card of the game is shown to Tesfaye Seyoum for a bad tackle on Moses. The players argue with the referee but the kick from the Eagles goes wide. Shortly after Moses gets an opportunity at goal but shots wide. 10′ Ten minutes gone, keen to see where the opening goal is going to come from. 8′ The Antelopes' strength is in their midfield and they have made it obvious with the strength of their passing. Nigeria win a free kick but the resultant kick sails far over anyone into the handss of goalkeeper Tassew. 6′ Moses sends a free kick out wide. The Ethiopians start the attack again but are pushed back by Nigeria's defence. Every once in a while the loud cheer goes up and our seats vibrate. There's hardly elbow room to write here. There's no decent press box in the National Stadium Addis 4′ Ethiopia win back the ball after Musa's corner kick to Mikel was blocked. The Eagles look to be settling down to the game now winning some possession. 3′ The Nigerians struggling with the frenetic pace of the Ethiopians but they get the ball back in attack as Emenike wins a corner kick as his shot is blocked. 2′ Good start from the Ethiopians who are cheered on by the home crowd. They win an earrly corner kick as they look to be putting the pressure on Nigeria early. 1′ After that loud, almost defeaning roar for the national anthems, we get off to this game with Ethiopia taking the kick off. Loud cheers coming through as the Ethiopian leader gets introduced to the players. We're in for a massive game today. The stadium is vibrating, I've never seen such a match before. I hope we make it through without any incident. National anthems begin, first Nigeria and then Ethiopia. Ethiopia Line Up: Jemal TASSEW (GK), Degu DEBEBE, Abebaw BUTAKO, Aynalem HAILU, Salahdin AHMED, Asrat GOBENA, Menyahel TESHOME, Tesfaye SEYOUM, Shemeles BEKELE, Girma ADANE, Behailu ASSEFA Welcome to the National Stadium in Addis Ababa where Ethiopia welcome Nigeria in the first leg play-off qualifying game for the 2014 Fifa World Cup Brazil. My name is Lolade Adewuyi and I will bring you commentary for this game. Thanks for joining us. You can get in touch with me via Twitter (@jololade) and some of your comments could make it onto this thread. I'm hoping for an exciting game here, but more than me, the Ethiopian fans have come out en masse to cheer the Walya Antelopes. 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