Summary: Welcome to Guangzhou, China, for the opening game of the 2022 World Cup against the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the hosts China. There is some light rain in the area trying to dampen the mood, but it should all clear out by halftime. We are excited to have you here for what should be an exciting affair.

These two teams have never played each other, let alone come up against each other in the World Cup before. Scouting and preparation had to be difficult for such a match.

For Nigeria, its World Cup prep friendlies included a 2-0 win over Ethiopia and a 3-1 loss to Brazil. Head coach Jay-Jay Okocha wasn't too concerned about the lost to the high-powered Brazilians, stating: "We only got outshot 11-10, 6-5 on target, and narrowly lost the possession battle. We just have to finish our chances. And make sure superstar players like Neymar and Roberto Firmino don't beat us."

For China, they picked up a 3-1 win over New Caledonia and a 90th minute winner from Meng Zezhou to knock off Krygzstan 4-3.

Not surprising odds makers have Nigeria, 36th in the world rankings, as a heavy favourite to win today over China, 103rd in the world rankings. But, how much does having the home crowd behind you in a World Cup opener make a difference?

Speaking of fans, the traveling Nigeria supporters are sensing an early chance for the Super Eagles here in the seventh minute. Building up from the defense, Arsenal winger Alex Iwobi has found Kelechi Iheanancho cutting behind China's defense!



Flying start for Nigeria! Play those drums. The African nation is vibing.

China is appealing for an offsides call. Will we go to VAR here?

No. The assistant official is adamant that Iheanacho stayed on. Our cameras barely confirm the same thing. Well done by that lad to not mess up the first goal of the tournament. That can't be said about the Chinese goalkeeper Yan Junling.

It wasn't a well-placed shot, but every goal counts in the World Cup.

Iheanacho's first World Cup goal couldn't have come at a better time.

And now, here in the 24th minute, Iheanacho is sprung free again!

That is a perfect through ball by Marcus Diamond. Iheanacho is one-on-one with the keeper! Surely he can't bottle this chance...



Soar Eagles Soar. Iheanancho sidesteps the goalie for his second of the game. The 25-year-old is putting his name into the conversation for the Golden Boot less than half an hour into the tournament.

Also, the composure by 22-year-old Marcus Diamond to pick out that pass was sublime. That's his first assist in a Nigeria kit. I'd love to go more in-depth about his story, but Nigeria is on the attack again.

Oh, no. China.

Alex Iwobi is dragged down in the box and the referee had no choice but to point to the penalty spot here in the 28th minute. Who is going to step up and take it?

Of course, it has to be Iheanacho.

If he converts this, it will be the second-fastest hat trick to start a game in World Cup history. Erich Probst scored three for Austria in the first 24 minutes of a 1954 World Cup match.



I don't believe my own eyes. This is absurd what Nigeria has done here on enemy territory. The Guangdong Olympic Stadium has been stunned into silence, except for the corner of Nigeria fans that Iheanacho runs to after lashing in a penalty kick for a historic hat trick.

Who could have predicted this?

Stop this madness... Nigeria is on the attack again in the 35th minute. Thank goodness, that shot sails wide from Oghenekaro Etebo. Wait, they are saying Yan Junling got his fingertips to it for no real reason. Nigeria will certainly take the free corner.

Diamond crosses the ball in to the edge of the box for Iwobi.



It's an absolute world-class strike from Iwobi. Goal of the tournament?

Nigeria is going to run out of celebratory dances at this rate, and I'm going to lose my voice before halftime. 4-0! Complete domination.

The Super Eagles can do no wrong. Oops, spoke too soon.


The Nigeria captain with a careless tackle to get his name in the book. With two accumulated yellow cards needed to get a one-match suspension, Ndidi is now playing on thin ice.

Nigeria does well to clear the danger of the ensuing free kick and is counter attack the other way. A ball just out of the reach of Diamond, however, has China going back the other way in a hurry.

A cross into the box, and huh...

What is Nigeria goalkeeper Joseph Sunday doing?



That's a monumental blunder from Sunday there. Just pick the ball up. I guess that's the nerves of the World Cup working against you. China's first goal of the tournament comes in the 39th minute.

Liao Yuanhao, one of the youngest players in the tournament at 20 years old, opens his goal scoring account at the World Cup. His third international goal.

That should bring us to halftime... Nope. Diamond is standing over another Nigeria corner here in the 42nd minute. Surely, not.



Are we playing FIFA right now? Center back Jordan Torunarigha gets a deflection off the defender guarding the post and that goes in. It's five. Marcus Diamond with his third, yes third, assist of the first half. That has to be a World Cup record.

Somebody put China out of its misery. There it is. The halftime whistle.

I'm supposed to do a halftime report, but just let me catch my breath.


The ball is rolling again and it looks like some of the Chinese supporters have left at halftime. Let me reiterate, this is a World Cup game. China hasn't played at a World Cup since 2002 and the fans have already seen enough.

Meanwhile, it's a non-stop party in the green corner of the stadium.

On the field, another yellow piece of paper has been pulled out. Another poor challenge from the Nigeria midfield in the 53rd minute.


Being up by four goals, Nigeria can afford to back off a little. But, it doesn't look like they are going to. They want more blood.

Here they come again.



I don't even know what to say at this point. Diamond with his fourth assist of the game. Given our data, we are 99% sure that's a World Cup record for most assists in a single game.

Not to put any added pressure on the young kid, but he is nearly halfway to Pelé's all-time record of 10 World Cup assists. And this is his first World Cup game. We have ourselves a breakout star here. This isn't even his full-time job, he is also a cyclist for the SEG Racing Academy in the Netherlands. What can't this kid do?

Apparently stay out of trouble.


This foul is going to hurt twice.



We are starting to close in on the most goals ever scored in a World Cup tournament game. The record currently sits at 12 combined goals when Austria beat Switzerland 7-5 in the 1954 World Cup.

Before I can finish that thought. Another card for Nigeria.


These are key players that are getting in danger for upcoming games. Why head coach Jay-Jay Okocha is allowing this is beyond me. And yes, it looks like he has signaled to call off the dogs at this point. The yellow card to Iwobi was the last straw.

China is pushing to give the fans that stayed one last hurrah.



Great header there from Lei. But it's only going to be a small footnote in the story of Nigeria's incredible start to the 2022 World Cup.

The final whistle goes. The stats fresh off the printer.



Rating: 8.9 - I've never seen this many cameras or done this many interviews in my entire life. The worst part is I think I sound like an idiot in all of them because I don't know what to say. What do you say? Help.

Player of Game: Kelechi Iheanacho, Nigeria (9.5)

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I'm still trying to put into perspective what happened. I just played my best game of my career on the biggest stage imaginable. My name, Marcus Diamond, gets etched in the history books as the most assists ever in a World Cup game. That's crazy.

Even more so, Costa Rica somehow knocked off Belgium 1-0. Looking elsewhere across the groups, I can't help but laugh at England losing 2-1 to Mexico. Sweden upset Germany 1-0. Senegal won a bizarre game against South Korea, 5-4. Australia also scored five goals.

Next up, Belgium.

Summary: Welcome to the second game of the group stage. Group A has been full of surprises and entertaining so far. We shall see if we can keep that going tonight between No. 11 nationally-ranked Belgium against No. 36-ranked Nigeria.

We have to start our broadcast by talking about Belgium's letdown against 10-man Costa Rica in its opening match. A crossed in volley by David Ramirez in the 13th minute was the only goal of the game. Four minutes later, Sadier Camacho was shown a red card.

Belgium peppered goalkeeper Keylor Navas with 14 out 34 shots hitting the target. Navas stopped every one. Late in the match, Belgium's Arthur Maes was also shown a red card and isn't available for today's match.

As for Nigeria, I don't think I have to say much. They drew all the national headlines with a 6-3 win over hosts China in the first game of the tournament. Kelechi Iheanacho scored a hat trick in less than 30 minutes and breakout star Marcus Diamond dished out a World Cup record four assists.

Did Nigeria use up all its firepower too soon? The defense was questionable as well by allowing three goals. Give up three goals to Belgium and good luck just trying to salvage a point, let alone a win.

The Nigeria defense is already under some heavy pressure in the early going. And Belgium is on the move again. Leon Bailey uses his speed on the wing to create an opening to whip in a cross.



Belgium has finally scored its first goal of the World Cup and its the veteran Manchester United star doing the damage. Romelu Lukaku uses his big frame to carve out shape in the box and finishes. Well played.

Nigeria has to mark that, or prevent Bailey from getting in that cross.

This was exactly the start Belgium needed to resurrect its chances in this World Cup. Wipe away the Costa Rica loss and push forward. When Spain won the 2010 World Cup, they lost to open up the tournament, 1-0.

But, Spain certainly didn't do this...


That might be the dumbest challenge I have ever seen. A two-legged slide into the back of Alex Iwobi. Referee Mendes Costa had no hesitation going to his back pocket and pulling out a red card. A straight red.

Iwobi walks off the jarring challenge and stays in the game. Nigeria has been given a lifeline to slay Belgium. Can they capitalize?

Playing a man-up for 60 minutes doesn't guarantee a goal.

At this rate, it might not be a full 60 minutes.


Nigeria's second-most capped player on the field should know better than to drop a shoulder to gain an advantage. It certainly looked worse than it actually was, but that doesn't stop Belgium from complaining that Moses should be sent off to even the playing field.

To no avail, and we carry on with halftime fast approaching.

Belgium earns a free kick in a dangerous spot a minute into stoppage time. Bailey tries to find Lukaku again, but it's cleared out of harm's way. Iheanacho starts the counter attack and gets the ball over to Oghenekaro Etebo, who hits Iwobi out on the wing.

Iwobi cuts the ball back into Diamond. He has a shooting lane if he wants to take a crack at it. The equalizer is on the cards.



We should have know Diamond was going to make the extra pass. The Super Eagles assistor comes through clutch again by finding Iheanacho out of the corner of his eye. It's a sensational team goal.

Iheanacho increases his lead in the Golden Boot hunt and Diamond is just on another level with five assists. The most assists in a single World Cup is seven by Pelé.

Any time you are mentioned in the same sentence as Pelé, you must be doing something extraordinary.

That late goal, two minutes into stoppage time, by Iheanacho will take us into halftime tied up at 1-1. Safe to say 10-man Belgium could be in some trouble here. Also, will be interesting to see if Nigeria plays for the draw or goes for the win. Decisions.


Back underway and Belgium is quick to make a tactic change in the 51st minute. Bailey is coming off for Axel Witsel in the midfield. This is already Belgium's second change after bringing on a replacement defender, 20-year-old Briek Buyse, when Bolingoli was sent off.

A little over 10 minutes later, Belgium decides to make its final sub. Nany Dimata for Lukaku. A very interesting choice to get fresh legs up front. Dimata is in the game less than minute before he gets fouled.

Card coming too.


That is Onazi's second yellow of the tournament, so he is going to miss Nigeria's third and final group stage game against Costa Rica in a couple of days. Not ideal, but there is a possibility that Nigeria could lock up a Round of 16 berth before that game even kicks off. A win here and a win by Costa Rica over China tomorrow would secure that.

But, that's thinking way too far ahead. Stay in the present. Where Belgium defender Toby Alderweireld has gone down on the pitch holding his left leg. The medical staff has been called out to take a look here in the 81st minute.

I don't think Alderwiereld would be the type of guy to fake this one to shave some time off the clock. He looks like he is in true pain. But, as I say that, he wants to stay in the game. Interesting. Belgium can't really afford a draw though.

Now, Nigeria with its final sub to solidify its defense with wingback Kingsley Madu replacing Jordan Torunarigha, who was limping around. Nigeria also replaced both its defensive midfielders Onazi and captain Wilfred Ndidi in the 70th minute with Uche Agbo and Azubuike Okey.

Speaking of Okey. Belgium might want to put a defender on him...



Pandemonium at Hohhot City Stadium. Azubuike Okey has sent Nigeria into a state of hysteria in the 89th minute with a marvelous one-time strike from outside of the box. And, of course, it's Marcus Diamond who found him unmarked for assist No. 6.

You honestly can't write a script any better than this for Nigeria.

Astonishing. Remarkable. Unbelievable.

And that will do it. The final whistle goes. Nigeria stuns Belgium, 2-1.

The Super Eagles probably would have happily taken a draw at the start of the game, and here they are stealing three points at the death.

Fantastic stuff.

The final stats have been reported.



Rating: 8.0 - Pelé, who?

Player of Game: Azubuike Okey, Nigeria (8.0)

Group Tables

Tournament Leaders

Costa Rica takes care of China, 3-0, and we have secured a spot in the Round of 16! It's the fourth time in club history that we have reached that far — the most for any African nation.

Now, it's about seeding. Win or draw we top Group A. A loss and we finish second and will have to face the winners of Group B in the next round. Group B is still quite a mess with the possibility of France, Portugal or Colombia all escaping.

Elsewhere, defending champions Croatia have gone through as well as Mexico, Sweden and Holland. England recovered after its opening-round loss with a 2-1 win over Russia to return to good shape.

Good news is Group B will play before us, so we will know who our opponent will be in the next round if we win the group or finish second. Could make things interesting in trying to avoid a team like France.

Four teams still haven't scored a goal: Serbia, Togo, Tunisia and Iran. While seven teams haven't managed to get a point: Belgium, China, Japan, Togo, United States, South Korea and Uruguay. Some pretty big names there.

Next up, Costa Rica.

Summary: Welcome back for some more World Cup coverage. We are in Nanchang, China, for the only Group A game that actually matters today between the red-hot Nigeria and Central American stunners Costa Rica.

Both teams disposed of European giant Belgium and hosts China to find themselves on six points going into the final group stage game. Winner tops the group, which means avoiding France.

Group B played earlier today with France and Portugal both winning to finish on seven points. Goal difference gave France the group and Portugal second.

Should Nigeria and Costa Rica draw, the Super Eagles would win the group on goal difference and get a Round of 16 date with Portugal.

Both awaiting opponents — France and Portugal — are ranked inside FIFA's top 10 world rankings, so a challenge ahead either way. As such, Nigeria head coach Jay-Jay Okocha has taken some precautionary measures heading into this match.

The World Cup leader in the Golden Boot race, Kelechi Iheanacho, and breakout assist star, Marcus Diamond, are not in the Starting XI today. Also missing up front is winger Oghenekaro Etebo (replaced by Kalu). Isaac Success steps in and takes Iheanacho's place and Moses Simon will fill in for Diamond.

Nigeria's defensive midfield pair of captain Wilfred Ndidi and Ogenyi Onazi are also on the bench. Onazi is serving a one-game suspension for two yellow cards and Ndidi has passed the captain armband off to Uche Agbo. Azubuike Okey, after his late game winner against Belgium has earned a starting spot in Onazi's absence.

The backline also features one more chance with Kingsley Ehizibue starting in place of Victor Moses, who can't afford another yellow card.

Costa Rica has also made a few minor changes, but it looks like I won't have time to get into that as we have our first real chance of the game here in the 8th minute. With rain coming down, Kalu brings the ball down in the box for Simon, who slips a pass over to Alex Iwobi.



Nigeria is off and running. There was some pre-game talk about why Jay-Jay Okocha decided to keep Iwobi in the lineup with a yellow card already to his name, and I guess that's why. The Arsenal winger strikes again.

And again, it's that lethal CAM spot in Nigeria's lineup that produces another assist. This time it wasn't Marcus Diamond, but Moses Simon.

The pressure is now on Costa Rica to fight back.

Nigeria's physicality is keeping Costa Rica from the goal, but it's also going to get them into some trouble. Another early booking.


We haven't even reached halftime and it's apparent frustrations are already starting to boil over for Costa Rica. A retaliation foul is punished.


Nigeria continues to pass the ball around and keep possession. They have controlled this game from the opening kickoff and are hovering around 60% for the game.

As the halftime time whistle blows, Costa Rica has yet to get a shot on target. It's still only a 1-0 game. But there has to be some doubts that Costa Rica can score two goals in this game when they have only taken two shots in the first half.

Nigeria is in a perfect position to nurse this lead and possible save some minutes for the star-studded players they have resting on the bench.


No halftime substitutions. Both teams want to see how the first 15-20 minutes of this second half plays out. I got to say, it's much of the same. Nigeria is pinning Costa Rica in with a high possession type of game.

But, at the same time, the Super Eagles still has it's backline and two defensive midfielders staying back to cover any possible counter attacks. Costa Rica is in trouble, especially if the team can't keep their cool.


Nigeria will make the first subs three minutes later. It's a double switch to get fresher legs on defense. Victor Moses for the previous carded Kingsley Ehizibue and Kingsley Madu for Kevin Akpoguma.

Costa Rica follows suit and a replaces a defender and a striker two minutes later. Then, a midfielder in the 73rd minute.

Time is starting to run out.

Time wasting tactics by Okey will see another card.


Nigeria makes its final swap in the 81st minutes as Victor Osimhen replaces an extremely tired Iwobi.

So, no Iheanacho or Diamond this game.

Did Okocha make the right decision?

Well, if he brought Osimhen on to be a nuisance, the answer is yes. More time wasting from Nigeria draws another card.


Regardless of ethics, Osimhen is making an immediate impact.

Now, in the 89th minute, Osimhen brings down a cross and finds Uche Agbo wide-open in the middle of the box.



That will seal it. Nigeria is going to win and go undefeated in the group stage for the first time in club history. Let the dancing begin.

But, wait, we aren't quite finished here. Tejeda has lost his temper.


That is the second yellow of the game for the Costa Rica midfielder.


That's a costly loss for Costa Rica heading into it's match against France.

And, yes, it will be France because the final whistle goes.

Nigeria prevents Costa Rica from even getting a shot on target. The final stats show that the Super Eagles very much deserved this result.



Rating: N/A - Didn't play.

Player of Game: Moses Simon, Nigeria (9.0)

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Tournament Leaders

Moving on in style. Spain and us are the only two teams to win all three games. Only Italy has scored more goal that us with 11. We could see them in the quarterfinals if they beat defending champions Croatia.

On the other side of the bracket, the United States escapes Group E after losing its first two games. England goes through, but can't top Mexico. So, some very interesting Round of 16 matches: Spain v. England and Mexico v. USA.

Group G provides the biggest shock with Senegal beating Germany, 5-2, to knock out the 2014 champions in the group stage. To cap off a wild tournament so far, 2018 runner-up Uruguay finishes last in Group H.

Next up, Portugal.

Summary: Only 16 teams remain and we have two of them going at each other tonight here in Beijing, China, for a spot in the quarterfinals.

The storylines for No. 8-ranked Portugal has been the play of aging legend Cristiano Ronaldo. The 37-year-old Real Madrid star in his final World Cup was been held to one assist and a 6.63 rating through the group stage. He remains in the Starting XI for tonight's game.

Picking up the slack has been everyone else. Five different players have scored Portugal's six World Cup goals this campaign. Doubling up is Goncalo Guedes. The backline, directed by 34-year-old goalkeeper Rui Patricio, has only given up two goals.

Looking to send Portugal packing is No. 36-ranked Nigeria. The Super Eagles soared through the group stage impressively with three straight wins, including a 2-1 win over Belgium.

They had the chance to rest some players in their last game against Costa Rica and are looking rather fresh.

Although, Jay-Jay Okocha has decided elite winger Alex Iwobi isn't at the fitness level required to start this evening. That's a dangerous weapon to have on the bench.

That's enough rambling. Let's get into the action.

Surprisingly, Nigeria trying to dictate the possession early on. Portugal is content to counter attack, and here they go. William Troost-Ekong isn't have that and puts in a crunching tackle in the center circle.

It didn't look great, but surely it's too early to be handing... Nevermind.


Not the start Nigeria wanted, but it at least stopped what could have been a dangerous attack. And here comes another one. A ball over the top has released striker Andre Silva. He gets the ball around Nigeria goalkeeper Joseph Sunday.

An empty net staring him in the face, and Silva clanks the right post.

The Nigeria supporters take a sigh of relief here in the 7th minute.

Bad news keeps coming for Nigeria. Another card for a poor challenge.


Portugal is keeping the pressure on — a corner in the 17th minute.



Portugal gets a goal on the board before Nigeria can get a shot off.

And there is Nigeria's first shot. A cross comes in from Oghenekaro Etebo and Victor Osimhen gets it down for Marcus Diamond in the box. Shoot kid! No, the assist machine decides to make that extra pass again and this time it will backfire as Rui Patricio smothers Osimhen's attempt.

Probably should be 1-1.

And here comes a third yellow card of the first half to Nigeria.


Passing the ball around and we have a Ronaldo sighting for Portugal.



Not wanting this to be his last World Cup game, Ronaldo — the oldest player in this tournament — has scored his first goal of this World Cup in the 30th minute of the Round of 16. The fans are going ballistic.

Nigeria, not so much.

Have the Super Eagles crash landed in the Round of 16 again?

It appears so because Ronaldo is unmarked again in the 43rd minute.



Ronaldo has come to life. Everything Nigeria did in the group stage has come undone in one half. Quite a shame.

Free kick coming up for Portugal, and the ball is put into the mixer and Ronaldo gets a leg on it. GOAL! It's a hat trick...

No. The flag goes up for offsides.

The whistle for halftime follows. Nigeria walks off in disbelief. Down 3-0.


Jay-Jay Okocha had to change something. So, Alex Iwobi replaces Etebo on the wing. But, it's probably a little too late.

Portugal is control the game in all aspects. Nigeria is struggling to even touch the ball here in the second half. Time keeps ticking away. Frustrations setting in.


Nigeria, and Okocha, is visible upset about the lack of no cards given to Portugal for the "professional" fouls they have taken.

Meanwhile, touch Ronaldo once and...


And another one. This is getting ugly.


Three minutes of stoppage time is a slap in the face. Just end this now.

Yep, the referees have made a massive mistake.

Nigeria just doesn't care any more. The captain Wilfred Ndidi has had enough and just body checks Francisco Gerardles right before the referee can blow the full time whistle. Tempers are flaring.


That's his second yellow card of the game.


Portugal doesn't even have to take the free kick. The final whistle goes.

A brace from Ronaldo and Portugal advances to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2006. Nigeria's hopes of getting that far for the first time in the club's history are crushed with a plethora of cards and hardly any quality scoring chances in this decisive affair.

The final stats show complete domination by Portugal.



Rating: 6.5 - At least I didn't get a card? And Ronaldo was gracious enough to honor our jersey swap after the game. That was a cool moment for an otherwise terrible game.

Player of Game: Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal (9.3)

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Tournament Leaders

We sucked and got what we deserved. That's hard to admit, but it's true.

The group stage was a blast. I'll never forget those memories, and this loss is going to stick with me for a while. But, mark my words. I'll be back here someday and I will get Nigeria to the quarterfinals and beyond.

This is only the beginning. More is still to come.

I'm ready to take that next step into stardom.

And, to Pelé, I'm coming for that all-time World Cup assists record.

Summary: Riding through fields around Stanfordham could be classified as extremely boring. Hardly any spectators decided to make the trip out here this evening to see the best time trialist Great Britain has to offer.

In the end, not much to see either. Larry Gooden, at 23 years old, has already become the premier TT specialist in the country. He beat out Matthew Gibson (+16") and Alex Dowsett (+17") who had a close battle for second place. The gap from Gooden to last place was eight minutes.

Gooden is now a two-time champion, defending his crown from last year.

Result: 33rd - Even on a good day I don't think I crack the top 25. I finished +4'39" behind Gooden. Hey, don't laugh. Lucy came in over seven minutes behind in 51st place. Which also makes me wonder if Grace is adopted (or stole all of her sisters abilities to race against the clock) because she had a phenomenal day.

Grace finished +1'50" behind Gooden, good for ninth place.

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