The kickoff was pushed back from 5 p.m. (1600 GMT) to 6:15 p.m. local time (1715 GMT) as stadium employees worked with brooms and planks of wood to push

water off the pitch.

Puddles of water was still visible on the field as play started, and the ball had trouble bouncing on the sodden surface.

The match is the first of a doubleheader at the stadium, with Equatorial Guinea playing Senegal in the later match.