Curitiba: African champions Nigeria, who have taken just two points from six matches in their last two appearances at the World Cup, face three-time Asian champions Iran in Curitiba in Group F.
* Moses drives down the left-hand side and typically cuts in on his favoured right foot before testing the gloves of Haghighi with a speculative strike from the edge of the box. The Iranian collects comfortably.
* Nigeria manage to get the ball into the back of the Iranian net as Musa latches on to a corner at the back post to stick home, but the whistle had already gone for a foul on Haghighi
* Iran right-back, Montazeri, is being given a torrid time by Moses and the drifting runs of Emenike
* Mikel of Nigeria commits two sucessive fouls
* Reza gets a freekick after Mikel's foul
* Neither team has made any headway. Score remains 0-0
* Nigeria continue to dominate the field after a period of brief brilliance by Iran
* Mikel takes a heavy touch in the middle of the park and is very nearly dispossessed by Ghoochannejhad
* Oboabona goes up for a header and lands a little awkwardly. He goes to stand up after the fall, but stops and sits on the turf. He leaves the field on a stretcher and is receiving treatment
* Montazeri (Iran) commits a foul.
* Musa catches everyone in the stadium out with a deceptive whipped free kick from the Nigerian left. Haghighi recovers in time to push the ball wide
* Musa looks as if he is going to float a free kick into the box from the left-hand side, but instead goes for goal with an audacious attempt towards the bottom corner. Haghighi actually does really well to get across goal to palm behind for the corner!
* After good work by Teymourian leads to a corner for Iran, Dejagah whips the set-piece in and Ghoochannejhad heads towards goal. The Lille keeper is down in a flash to keep it out.
* Mikel (Nigeria) concedes a free-kick following a challenge on DEJAGAH (Iran).
* Reza(Iran) is penalised after committing a foul.
* Emenike cuts in from the left and hits towards goal, but it's a scuffed shot and doesn't trouble Haghighi.
* Musa (Nigeria) concedes a free-kick following a challenge on J. Nekounam (Iran)
* First half ends and neither team manage to score. Iran 0-0 Nigeria.
* Onazi of Nigeria commits a foul and Montazeri of Iran gets to concede a free kick following the foul
* Nigeria's Ameobi comes in to replace Moses
* Mehrdad of Iran commits a foul, Azeez gets a kick and swings it in the corner
*Oshaniwa is penalised after comitting a foul
* An hour gone in the Arena da Baixada as Nigeria and Iran both look to open up their goalscoring accounts at the World Cup.
* Andranik of Iran is shown the yellow card after he commits a foul
*Odemwingie (Nigeria) illegally handles the ball.
*Additional two minutes added to play time
*The referee sounds the whistle and the World Cup's first goal less game comes to an end
