Nigeria v Cameroon: Africa Cup of Nations last-16 – live

Look, you probably don’t remember this, but trust me: if you’re of a certain age, let’s say over 45, and you’ve loved football since the womb, then you were agape at some stage on Sunday 24 June 1990. It was a unique day in football history, when two of the game’s greatest rivalries crashed World Cup the round of 16. Brazil v Argentina and West Germany v Netherlands could have been the semi-finals at Italia 90; instead they were on the same bill as Czechoslovakia v Costa Rica, Ireland v Romania and England v Belgium.

Neither game was a classic, but both had mouth-widening moments: Argentina’s luck, Diego Maradona’s assist, Frank Rijkaard’s expectoration, Jurgen Klinsmann’s rampage. And they ached with an intensity that was unprecedented for a last 16 game. At the best of times it’s unthinkable for Brazil, Argentina, West Germany and Netherlands to go out of a World Cup before the quarter-finals. To do so against their beloathed rivals meant, with apologies to Susanne Hoffs and haters of hyperbole, eternal shame for those involved.

There is a unique tension when two giants meet so early in a competition. Welcome to live, minute-by-minute coverage of Afcon’s answer to 24 June 1990: Nigeria v Cameroon is arguably the biggest rivalry in African football and certainly one with a huge historical weight. Cameroon have won all three finals between the teams - including one in Nigeria 24 years ago, when the hosts scored a ghost goal in a penalty shootout. But Nigeria have won all the big meetings since then, most recently a ding-dong 3-2 victory at this stage of the 2019 competition.

Nigeria are strongish favourites tonight, having qualified comfortably – if a little shotshyly – from their group. Cameroon needed a bonkers comeback against The Gambia to qualify. Algeria, Ghana and Tunisia have already gone home; another big team is about to join them.

Kick off 8pm.