Historic qualification for the Nigeria with leader him William Trost-Ekong! His stopper PAOK with yet another excellent performance, he led his teammates to the final of the Africa Cup of Nations, eliminating on penalties (4-2) the worthy South Africa after 1-1 in regular time and extra time.
The Super Eagles will now wait to see if they will face Ivory Coast or Congo for the cup, aiming for the 4th title in their history. At the same time, Nigeria was in the final of the tournament for the first time since 2013 when it had conquered it!
In pure competition, the first half was goalless between the two teams, with Nigeria eventually winning on penalties when Osimene was brought down by Embala and Ekong headed home from the penalty spot to make it 1-0 in the 67th minute. And they found the net a second time in the 85th minute with Osimen, but after a VAR review, the goal was disallowed for a foul. Which resulted in South Africa also winning a penalty after Yussuf’s foul on Tau, with Mokoena leveling the score at 1-1 in the 90th minute and sending the match into extra time.
The extra half hour did not produce a winner, with South Africa finishing the match a man down due to Kekana being sent off, but 1-1 remained. And in the penalty shootout, the Nigerians were more cool, winning 4-2 and going to the final, having Ekong again as scorer in the roulette.
Source: Sport Fm
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