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By Chris Whyatt

1701: Tempers fray instantly. Nwaneri squares up to Sulley Muntari within just 37 seconds. Hottest day of the tournament so far. Keep a lid on it chaps.
1700: Team huddles, throbbing stands, defeaning horns. The atmosphere is crackling in Accra. Nigeria, all in green, and Ghana, in Real Madrid all-white, are underway.
1657: "Eagles, mount up on your wings of glory and fortune, soar like the terrestrial angels, reach for the stars AND gobble up every black star on those terrestrial curtains....."
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1654: Almost exactly a year ago, Ghana thumped Nigeria 4-1 in a (so-called) friendly at, erm, Griffin Park. I kid you not. Lagos and Accra were foresaken for the delights of Brentford FC, but random locations aside, it was a big result.
On a bone-chilling (Tuesday) evening in west London, the Black Stars romped to their first victory over the Super Eagles in a decade and a half. And four pitch invasions took place that night, one for each Ghana goal.
1646: "It's live or die," says none other than the Special One when previewing this match. No, not Kanu. Jose Mourinho, that's who.
Describing both of them as his 'sons', two of his former players - Jon Mikel Obi and Michael Essien - stride onto centre stage in the searing heat (34 degrees) of the Accra Sports Stadium today.
The Nigerian and Ghanaian midfield enforcers are bound to have a big say on their team's chances of progression.
1638: TEAM NEWS
No messing about today becasue it doesn't get much bigger. Ghana and Nigeria are bitter rivals and these are the lucky souls who will be hurtling into tackles with each other like two runaway trains on a desperate collision course.
Ghana - Sarpei, Gyan, Pantsil, Mensah, Annan, Essien, Agogo, Muntari, Addo, Owusu, Kingson
Nigeria - Yobo, Taiwo, Nwaneri, Shittu, Ayegbeni, Obi, Odemwingie, Ejide, Olofinjana, Uche, Etuhu
1634: Akwaaba - or welcome - to what promises to some brutal and bloody knockout stages of the Africa Cup of Nations 2008.
The sparring is over, and now is the time for the cream of African football to start unleashing killer blows.
In the space of the next two days, eight will become four as Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Egypt, Angola, Tunisia, and Cameroon, set about proving that they are the kings of the continent. Who's going to do it? Get involved on 606
Two sides who've already donned the crown on six occasions between them are first up - Ghana v Nigeria - and it's hard to over-hype this one.

(BBC)

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