Nigeria were reduced to nine players as they imploded on Monday night during a pulsating Cup of Nations semi-final defeat against Morocco in Rabat. Despite their self-inflicted wounds, the nine held on for the best part of an hour to force a penalty shoot-out after the match finished 1-1.
The hosts claimed the endgame 5-4 to the delight of more than 40,000 partisans inside the Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah.
