Super Eagles of Nigeria qualified
for the semifinal of the 2019 African Cup of Nations at Cairo Stadium, Egypt
after thrashing bitter rivals South Africa 2 – 1 on Wednesday, 10 July 2019, in
the semi-quarterfinal. Nigeria entered into this match with lots of confidence
after beating reigning champions Cameroon in the round of 16, while South
Africa on the other hand defeated hosts Egypt.
Gernot Rohr's men scored their
first goal in the 27th minute through Samuel Chukwueze who benefited
from an excellent pass by Alex Iwobi.
South Africa came back into the
game nineteen minutes from stoppage time of the first-half when Bongani Zungu
scored a controversial goal. Many were of the thoughts that the goal was on
offside as it took the referee almost five minutes to make consultation before
awarding the goal to South Africa.
As the Fans were thinking of the
match going into penalties, the Super Eagles’ defender Udinese Ekong converted
last second corner kick to score the winning goal for Nigeria in the die time
of 89mins. Nigerians have now taken to social media to react to the Super
Eagles victory with many praising Samuel Chukwueze for his superb performance
which gave him his first international goal.
Nigeria vs South Africa ended in
a 2-1 win in favour of the Super Eagles as Gernot Rohr's men made it through
top the semi finals. The super Eagles is now on standby for winner of Algeria –
Ivory Coast match today 11 July 2019
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