Ahmed Essam wrote Wednesday, February 7, 2024 10:34 PM
Continue Nigeria national team His distinguished career in the African Cup of Nations, and he succeeded in eliminating South Africa from the semi-finals on penalties after the end of regular and extra time in a 1-1 draw, qualifying for the final match for the eighth time in its history, and awaiting the winner of the match between Côte d’Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which will be held this evening.
Nigeria vs South Africa
The Nigerian national team qualified for the final of the African Cup of Nations for the first time since 2013, after defeating South Africa this evening, Wednesday, in the semi-finals, via penalty kicks, with a score of 4-2, at the Al Salam Stadium in the city of Bouaké.
Nigeria took the lead from a penalty kick through Ekong in the 66th minute, and South Africa equalized through Mokoena also from a penalty kick in the 89th minute, so the two teams went to extra time without scoring and then to penalty kicks.
Nigeria vs South Africa
The match witnessed bold decisions from the refereeing team, which was dominated by Egyptians, after Amin Omar, the referee, canceled a decisive goal in favor of Nigeria before the end of the second half, and after reviewing the VAR, the referee decided to cancel Osimhen’s goal and award a penalty kick in favor of South Africa after obstructing Percy Tau at the beginning of the attack of the canceled Nigerian goal.
Nigeria vs South Africa formation
Goalkeeper: Stanley Nwabili.
Defensive line: Ola Aina – William Troost-Ekong – Simi Ajayi – Calvin Bassey.
Midfield: Osai Samuel – Alex Iwobi – Frank Onyeka.
Offensive line: Simon Moses – Ademola Lookman – Victor Osimhen.
Nigeria vs South Africa
The formation of South Africa was as follows:
Goalkeeper: Ronwen Williams.
Defense: Modiba – Mathobi Mavala – Gumilemo Kekana – Khuliso Mudau.
Midfield: Svevelo Sithole – Teboho Mokoena – Morena.
Attack: Percy Tau – Themba Zwane – Evedence Makgoba.
Nigeria vs South Africa
The Nigerian national team had qualified for the semi-finals of the 2023 African Nations, after defeating its Angolan counterpart, with a clean goal, in the quarter-finals, while the South African national team snatched the ticket to the semi-finals after defeating Cape Verde on penalties with a score of 2-1.
The Nigerian national team is superior in marketing value to South Africa by 311 million euros, as the value of the Nigerian national team is 332 million euros, while the value of Bafana Bafana is only 23 million euros. Victor Osimhen is the most expensive Eagles player with a value of 110 million euros, while Mokoena is the most expensive South African player. Africa, worth 2.2 million euros.
Nigeria vs South Africa
The Green Eagles hope to win the fourth African Cup of Nations title in its history, after winning the title 3 previous times in its history (1980, 1994, 2013).
The Nigerian national team is looking to equal the record recorded by the Ghanaian national team in third place on the list of teams that have won the most African titles in history, as the “Black Stars” own 4 titles in their history.
The main referees committee of the African Union chose a mostly Egyptian refereeing crew to manage the South Africa-Nigeria match. The crew includes Amin Omar, a field referee, Mahmoud Abu Al-Rijal and Ahmed Hossam Taha as assistants, Mahmoud Ismail as the fourth referee, and Algerian Lahlou Brahim, the mouse referee.
2024-02-07 20:34:00
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