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68 mins

Nigeria 1-0 South Korea

Francesca Ordega shrugs off the full-back and retains possession for Nigeria. They switch it around the midfield, opening up space on the left, before Asisat Oshoala skews a cross.

Cho So-hyun then gets another smack in the face and is looked over by the team physios.

That yellow card for South Korea’s Ji So-Yun earlier in the half, was the first time a player was booked for diving in a Women’s World Cup game since Erika for Brazil against USA in the 2011 quarter-finals.

Substitute Yeo Min-ji receives the ball on the turn from Lee Geum-min and manages to get a shot away but it's blocked.

The resulting corner is headed away before Yeo fires a cross back into the centre and another dangerous shot from Moon Mi-ra is blocked.

Cho So-hyun then heads it wide of the keeper's left post. All action in the Nigeria box!

Rita Chikwelu smacks Cho So-hyun in the chops and gets a yellow card for it. The South Korean captain is still on the floor, clutching her jaw. Painful one!

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Lee Geum-min thinks she's bagged an equaliser but she's offside as she pokes in the rebound from Chiamaka Nnadozie's save.

A very good decision again from referee Anastasia Pustovoytova, who is having a terrific game.

Kang Chae-rim is being a bit of a nuisance for the Nigerian back four. Her clever chip almost sets Cho So-hyun free before it's hooked away.

Nigeria immediately break but Asisat Oshoala's touch is too heavy and she canters straight into the keeper.

Lee Geum-min's cross is only half-cleared by Onome Ebi and there's a scramble for the second ball in the box.

Thankfully, Nigerian centre-back Osinachi Ohale is there to thump it out of harms way.

West Ham's Cho So-hyun, who has been VERY quiet in this match, lets rip with her right foot and Chiamaka Nnadozie has to watch it all the way into her gloves.

Plenty of power but nothing to trouble the keeper with.

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Adah Rapheal: Doesn't look like we can take points off France in our last group game. So we've got to win this match with a better margin to increase our chances of qualifying as best losers #NGA

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I thought it was in!

Desire Oparanozie's thumping header ripples the top of the netting, but on the wrong side of the crossbar.

That would have been some goal!

Ji So-yun, the Chelsea striker and the star of this South Korean team, goes into the book for simulation.

She falls to the ground, searching for a penalty shout when there's no touch from centre-back Ngozi Ebere.

An excellent decision from the referee and no complaints from an embarrassed Ji...

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Kang Chae-Rim dances her way into the box, cuts inside onto her left foot but doesn't have space to take the shot. She ends up fumbling with it before losing the ball.

Sulaimon Adelekan: Decent performance from the Super Falcons of Nigeria but the South Koreans have been better. The most important thing for the Nigerians is that they are in the lead. Anytime the Super Falcons do something at the women's world cup, there's always a record to go with it.

Here's how the Group A table looks as it stands.

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A big 45 minutes coming up for these two teams. Potential qualification effectively resting on the result.

That own goal was Robin van Persie-esque. Remember that volley he scored against Aston Villa, where it came soaring over his head and he just smashed it first time.

Eyes on the prize the whole time. Poor Kim Do-yeon...

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Nigeria are the first team to both score and concede an own goal at the same Women's World Cup since USA in 1999.

Both own goals at this World Cup have come in games featuring Nigeria. Kim Do-yeon in their favour in this match and by Osinachi Ohale against them in the opening defeat v Norway.

Abdulkadirusma1: We can't settle for just a few goals, we need to make our goal difference positive from this match. We need more goals!!! Go team Nigeria!!!

It's worth remembering that four of the six third-place teams in the groups, will go through to the quarter-finals as "lucky losers".

If Nigeria can win this match, and with a favourable goal difference too, they stand a good chance of progressing.

Five hours and two minutes. That was how long it took for Nigeria to score their first World Cup goal since a 3-3 draw with Sweden in 2015.

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