The super Eagles of Nigeria are through to the semifinals of the 2019 Afcon courtesy of a 2-1 win over South Africa.
In a thrilling encounter between the two African giants. Nigeria's rising star, and later announced man of the match winner, Samuel chukwueze opened the scoreline in the 28th minute of the game. He latched in a decent strike from Arsenal's play maker, Alex Iwobi, skillfully placed cross into the box,ensuring the super eagles getting on the score sheet before half time in Cairo.
South Africa equalised through Bongani Zungu's header with 19 minutes remaining of normal game time making the match seem to be heading for extra time.
Bafana bafana were actually moments away from extra time when a goalkeeping error from Ronwen Williams gave Nigeria a late winner in Cairo.
William Troost-Ekong made no mistake as he headed home Nigeria's second goal of the night, a goal which proved to be the match winner for the Super Eagles.
Nigeria will face the winner of the match between Algeria and Ivory Coast in the Semifinals.
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