By Patrick Keddie
It was a game of penalties as the Super Eagles of Nigeria have defeated South Africa’s Bafana Bafana on penalties.
Kickoff was at 17:00 GMT at Stade Bouake in Ivory Coast.
William Troost-Ekong gave Nigeria the lead from the penalty spot midway through the second half.
Victor Osimhen thought he’d sealed it with a second goal right at the end of 90 minutes, but VAR had spotted a foul before that by Alhassan Pigui on Percy Tau in the box and awarded a penalty to Bafana Bafana – which was converted by Teboho Mokoena.
Nigeria were rocked and South Africa almost won the game when Khuliso Mudau just missed a glorious chance five minutes into stoppage time.
Bafana Bafana lost defender Grant Kekana to a red card in extra time as Nigeria regained control to put them under the cosh, but they held out for penalties – only to crash out after two were saved by Stanley Nwabali
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