Monday, November 17, 2014
Preview:AFCON 2015 QUALIFIERS Nigeria vs South Africa
The
Super Eagles of Nigeria will face the Bafana Bafana of South Africa
on Wednesday the 19th
of November as they hope to secure a place in next year's African Cup
of Nations; anything less than a win could slash any hope of making
it to the tournament in Equatorial Guinea.
Nigeria
currently sits in second place in their Group A, and are level on 7
points with Congo who will go against Sudan in their final
qualifiers. South Africa clearly sits atop the group with 11 points
clear while Sudan currently occupies the bottom position in the
group. Although the running joke for years is that South Africa can
only qualify for tournaments as host, with their current standing in
Group A which they earned from three wins and two draws, its safe to
say they have firmly secured their place in next year's tournament,
and, they are not hosts!
South
Africa's senior national team boosted their chances of making it to
Africa's biggest tournament after their 2-1 victory over Sudan in
Durban over the weekend.
Nigeria
and Congo are now left to battle it out for the second spot from the
group.
All
hope is not lost, current AFCON champions, Nigeria currently has a
10-year unbeaten run over South Africa, to secure a spot, they will
need to keep up with this not so surprising record. Nigeria gained
some advantage after their 2-0 victory over Congo in their weekend
encounter, so Congo will have to either match or beat the outcome in
their game against Sudan in order to secure the second spot in the
group (Assuming South Africa breaks the chain of defeat against
Nigeria.)
CAF
confirmed earlier in the month that the all new Akwa Ibom
International Stadium in Uyo will be the host for 2015 Nations Cup
qualifiers between Nigeria and South Africa which kicks off at 6PM
local time.
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