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OUCH! Iban Edu lays out Cesaire Gandze with an elbow to the face.

And we're back!

That's half-time, and it has been a great start for hosts Equatorial Guinea. Back in 15 minutes...

Just one minute of added time to play, but as the board goes up there's a player down and another stoppage.

A couple of minutes to go until the break as Bifouma looks for a colleague but his backheel is intercepted by Randy. Then Congo skipper Prince Oniangue smashes a 25-yarder into row Z.

Thievy Bifouma is offside - he's sporting a Paul Pogba-style mohawk. Not the best 'do' for keeping a low profile from linesmen.

Equatorial defender Rui misses the right-sided cross at the near post - it hits a forward but ricochets away to safety for the hosts.

Congo seeing plenty of the ball but doing little with it. A slight lack of ideas from the men in white.

That's one way to enliven a slightly indifferent passage of play! Iban Edu spots the Conglese keeper off his line and shoots from nearly 50 yards. Mafoumbi scrambles back and makes the save - not the best effort from Iban Edu as it turned out...

It's gone a little bit scrappy here as darkness starts to fall here. The hosts will be delighted with how things have gone so far.

Offside against the hosts as Nsue strays beyond the last man... a close one but this time the correct call from the officials.

Mbele of Equatorial Guinea was booked for the foul that led up to that free-kick.

Big let-off for Equatorial Guinea! Goalkeeper Ovono leaps for the ball, misses it, and Marvin Baudry heads into the side netting from an acute angle - but with the keeper nowhere.

A chance for Congo from a free-kick here, with Nganga ready to curl a free-kick into the box from 40 yards.

OOF! That's a heavy challenge in midfield and the Gambian ref Bakary Gassama will show the game's first card. Boris Moubio Ngonga lunged in late and hard on Kike, and the Congo man is duly booked.

Congo have not quite got to grips with this. Individually they are the better side, but their passing has not clicked yet.

The replay shows that goal should have been chalked off for offside - but nonetheless it was a fine move and that goal has kicked this tournament off with a bang.

GOAL! Equatorial Guinea open the scoring. It starts with a nutmeg from Zarandona and a neat through ball for Emilio Nsue who slots it through the goalkeeper's legs and into the net. Terrific goal.

Ovono is called into action again, and he shows safe hands as he clings on to a powerful low shot - it was hit sraight at him.

Tekkers! Iban Edu with a roulette to beat his man... the ball bobbles away before being backheeled into the box by a team-mate. It comes to nothing, but it's fun to watch.

Nearly an embarrassment for Equatorial Guinea keeper Ovono, who is a little too far out of goal when the low cross comes in from the right, and he has to react quickly to stop it sneaking in at the near post.