LIVE: Nigeria stuns Matildas in huge comeback

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Injured Matildas prima Chloe Logarzo says the dependable wrong Suncorp Stadium whitethorn person played a portion successful the 3rd Nigerian goal.

Alanna Kennedy and Aussie keeper Mackenzie Arnold got their wires crossed, allowing Oshoala to slot successful what ended up being the winning goal.

"I could accidental it comes from a deficiency of communication, but you can't perceive a happening successful this stadium," she told Optus Sport.

"So conscionable the consciousness of knowing wherever you are and I conjecture possibly the transportation betwixt Macca and Alanna."

They've done it!

Nigeria survives a tense last fewer minutes to prevail 3-2 winners against the big federation Australia!

The Matildas driblet down to 3rd successful the radical and volition request a triumph implicit Canada to advance. 

Well, well, well, bash we person a precocious twist here??

Alanna Kennedy, who was astatine responsibility for the 3rd Nigerian extremity has nodded 1 successful for Australia little than 2 minutes retired from afloat time.

Is determination capable clip for the Aussies to salvage a point?!

Four minutes remaining and Nigeria inactive holds a two-goal lead.

Some vexation opening to amusement for the Matildas players retired connected the pitch. 

We're heading into wounded clip present and there's 11 minutes of it for Australia to salvage something.

Nigeria is implicit apoplectic that there's that overmuch clip being fixed to the big nation.

Tony Gustavsson is ringing the changes with Clare Polkinghorne and Alex Chidiac connected for Hayley Raso and Cortnee Vine.

NIGERIA HAS ANOTHER!

It's catastrophe astatine the backmost for Australia arsenic Alanna Kennedy looks to caput 1 backmost to Mackenzie Arnold, but Arnold runs retired astatine her instead.

Oshoala latches onto it and finishes brilliantly from a choky space and the underdogs person a 3-1 pb retired of nowhere! 

NIGERIA ARE IN FRONT!

You tin perceive a pin driblet wrong Suncorp Stadium close now, arsenic the Australians can't rather judge what's happened.

They neglect to wide the shot successful their container and yet Ohale heads it successful astatine the backmost post, and she's successful a heap of symptom aft copping a footwear to the tummy from Alanna Kennedy arsenic she looked to wide the shot connected the extremity line.

Kennedy goes to apologise to Ohale, who is successful the hands of the trainers.

Nigeria has turned to its trump card, Asisat Oshoala for the last 25 minutes of this game.

The Barcelona prima has 83 goals and 89 appearances astatine the nine level.

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