Nigeria vs South Africa: Resilient Eagles Soar Into AFCON Final as Bafana Fail Again

Nigeria secured a place in the final of the AFCON Cup competition after beating Bafana Bafana of South Africa on penalties.

Nigeria struggled to find its feet as the South Africans dominated the first half, sending in long passes into the Nigerian defence. Nigeria had few chances but could not send it on target.

Osimhen headed wide as the Nigerian team continued to hold their defensive line to prevent a counterattack from the South Africans.

Both teams have kept their line of defence clean and kept on pressing to get a goal in the first half.

The second half opened, and Nigeria started dominating, sneaking in passes into the South African half.

Nigeria was awarded a penalty in the 67th minute after Osimhen was brought down in the South African half, which was beautifully done by Ekong.

A Nigerian counterattack goal was later called for a foul on a South African forward, which was awarded as a penalty against Nigeria by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in the 90th minute.

The game proceeded to extra time after full time of play. Both teams created chances. In the first period of extra time, Nigeria was more dominant on the attack.

Mofi was fouled in the second half of extra time, and Kekana was sent off due to the tackle and a freekick awarded to Nigeria, which was saved by Williams.

After 90 minutes and extra time, the final. score was 1-1. The game proceeded to penalties. And Nigeria won 4-2 on penalties.

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