Leicester City attacker, Kelechi Iheanacho’s 30th-minute goal was all Nigeria needed to take a commanding lead against dreaded Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations at the Roumde Adjia Stadium in Cameroon.

Nigeria dominated the game throughout the first half thanks to Joe Aribo, Moses Simon, and Taiwo Awoniyi who kept the Egyptian defence at bay.

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Nigeria mounted more pressure on Egypt as Mo Salah was a shadow of himself as he was not allowed to click at all.

Meanwhile, footy fans were left baffled after two broadcasters had Egypt down as playing an outrageous 5-5-0 formation for their African Cup of Nations opener.

All was fine with the pre-match coverage, that was until BeIN and Sky Sports showed the north African side’s formation.

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Stunningly, the broadcasters showed Egpytian playing with two banks of five for their clash with the Super Eagles.

And Twitter went into meltdown after seeing the formation.

One fan tweeted: ‘Egypt playing a 5-5 formation?”

Another said: “Interesting Egypt formation.”

One remarked: “What the hell is that Egypt formation?”

Another chimed in: “Egypt formation Game Plan: kick to Salah up front, he will see what to do!”

As the game kicked off, it soon became apparent that Egypt chief Carlos Quieroz had not adopted such an outrageous formation.

The former Manchester United No.2’s troops entered their clash with the Nigerians as one of the favourites to win the tournament.

And Quieroz relished the opportunity to play one of the strongest teams in the competition so early in their campaign.

The Portuguese said: “We want to face the strongest teams in the tournament.

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