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Algeria 2-1 Nigeria: Africa Cup of Nations semi-final – as it happened
Riyad Mahrez scored a last-second, stoppage-time free-kick to send Algeria into Friday’s final against Senegal

Bronn own goal sends Senegal through to final
Simon Burnton
@Simon_Burnton
Sun 14 Jul 2019 22.03 BST
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Topics That’s all from me. Algeria had a flood of first-half chances, but achieved little in the second period until Riyad Mahrez stepped up for that late, late free kick. It was enough. Bye! 10.03pm 22:03
What cool from Mahrez. What guts, what technique. He had a quiet game, but somehow he’s always there in the key moments. Nigeria handled him very well, but he still comes out of the game with a goal and an assist. 10.01pm 22:01
So Algeria will play Senegal in Friday’s final! They have probably been the two best sides across the tournament, and one of them will win it. 9.55pm 21:55

Final score: Algeria 2-1 Nigeria
90+6 mins: It’s all over! The referee gets everyone lined up for a centre-kick, but the moment it’s taken he blows for full time! 9.54pm 21:54

90+5 mins: That was Akpeyi’s side of the goal, unprotected by the wall. It had to be a hard and precise shot if it was to go in, and that’s what it was! 9.54pm 21:54

GOAL! Riyad Mahrez sticks it into the onion bag! Algeria 2-1 Nigeria!
90+5 mins: Mahrez curls a cracker into the far corner! 9.53pm 21:53
90+4 mins: Now Algeria have a free kick, 20 yards from goal and central. It’s a fabulous shooting chance. If this goes in, it’s over. 9.52pm 21:52
90+3 mins: Mahrez runs into the area, but he perhaps takes one touch too many and loses the ball before he can take his shot! 9.51pm 21:51

90+2 mins: Algeria hit the bar! Bennacer blasts in a shot from 20 yards that thumps into the meat of the bar with Akpeyi beaten! 9.50pm 21:50

90+1 mins: There will be four minutes of stoppage time. 9.48pm 21:48

90 mins: Chance for Algeria! Feghouli collects the ball on the edge of the area and turns. His marker moves away from him to cover a possible pass to Mahrez, so Feghouli decides to have a shot. It isn’t a good one. 9.47pm 21:47
89 mins: Awaziem has been booked for something or other. It wasn’t shown on TV. He would now miss the final. 9.46pm 21:46

88 mins: Musa plays the ball to Henry, just inside the area, but he takes a low-percentage shot that wasn’t going in, and certainly wasn’t once it clipped a defender’s calf. The referee didn’t see that either. Goal kick. 9.46pm 21:46

86 mins: Belaili run down the left, lifts the ball over Awaziem, and is taken out by the defender, who I thought made a deliberate movement as he slid under the ball to make sure he caught his opponent’s leg. The referee sadly doesn’t have slow-motion eyes, and gives a goal kick. 9.44pm 21:44
84 mins: There have been two free kicks in the last couple of minutes. Mahrez for Algeria and Etebo for Nigeria both overhit them, one into touch and one to the keeper. There’s very little precision about anything anyone’s doing. 9.42pm 21:42
80 mins: It’s been a poor second half, in which next to nothing has been created from open play. Iwobi has a shot from 23 yards or so, which is on target but easily stopped. 9.38pm 21:38
78 mins: A first substitution, and it sees Henry replace Chukwueze for Nigeria. 9.35pm 21:35

Updated at 9.36pm BST
76 mins: So nearly 200 minutes of semi-finals have been played, and we’ve had two own goals and a penalty. Will this one follow the first into extra time? 9.33pm 21:33
GOAL! Algeria 1-1 Nigeria! Ighalo scores from the spot!

72 mins: Such a long delay, and it ends with Ighalo sending the goalkeeper the wrong way before sidefooting a splendid spot-kick into the corner of the net! 9.30pm 21:30
72 mins: Odion Ighalo will take it. He places the ball on the spot … 9.29pm 21:29

Penalty to Nigeria!
71 mins: The referee does give the penalty! And he books Mandi to boot! 9.28pm 21:28

70 mins: Finally, the referee goes to have a look himself. I think he’ll point to the spot here. 9.27pm 21:27
69 mins: Mandi is the defender in question. The game has been held up while the VAR had a good look at all available replays. It’s all taking way too long, though. 9.27pm 21:27
69 mins: That looked awfully handbally to me. The defender’s arm was not far from his body, but the ball took a long time getting there. 9.26pm 21:26

68 mins: Nigeria appeal for handball as Etebo’s shot is blocked inside the area, but nothing is given (yet). Feghouli is then booked for a foul on Etebo. 9.26pm 21:26

66 mins: Nigeria are straining to find a way back into this game, but Algeria have contained them well. Still, while the margin is so slender they remain just one brilliant moment from parity. 9.24pm 21:24
63 mins: Algeria win a free-kick on the left. It’s headed to the edge of the area and eventually falls to Feghouli, whose volley flies well wide. 9.20pm 21:20

59 mins: Iwobi holds off Mahrez before squirting a shot wide from 25 yards. 9.16pm 21:16
57 mins: Guedioura is rolling around in apparent agony, after Musa – entirely innocently – trod on his foot. 9.15pm 21:15

55 mins: A nice combination from Nigeria ends when Musa doesn’t quite control, and the ball is aimlessly but emphatically booted clear. 9.13pm 21:13

55 mins: This is fun, a game being played at a really high tempo. Quite a lot of errors, but plenty of quality as well. But can anyone score a goal in the right net in these semi-finals. 9.12pm 21:12

52 mins: A first booking, and the yellow card is shown to Bounedjah for desperately hacking down Iwobi from behind as the Nigeria forward bursts through Algeria’s half on the counter. 9.09pm 21:09

50 mins: A lovely ball into the area looks for a moment destined for Bounedjah, but Troost-Ekong gets in the way. 9.07pm 21:07
47 mins: Bennacer is ordered off the field, apparently because the referee is not happy with the midfielder’s sock