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Nigeria’s Tremendous Eagles needed to battle again from behind to earn a 1-1 draw with South Africa’s Bafana Bafana of their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers matchday three on the Godswill Akpabio Worldwide Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Friday evening.
The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) runner-up didn’t dwell as much as expectations of most Nigerians followers as they struggled to manage the extra decided and cellular South Africa’s gamers.
The guests took the lead within the twenty ninth minute of the primary half by Themba Zwane who dazzled previous the Nigerian defence to ship the ball past the attain of helpless Stanley Nwabali, earlier than Dele Bashiru got here to the rescue within the forty sixth minute with an equalizer and acquired Nigeria again into the sport. It was an excellent and solo effort from the Turkey-based participant.
After drawing their first two video games of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in opposition to Lesotho and Zimbabwe respectively, the Eagles wanted to beat South Africa to get their marketing campaign again on monitor however didn’t utilise sequence of possibilities that got here their technique to snatch a win.
The consequence implies that the Tremendous Eagles stay winless in three video games of their 2026 World Cup qualifying marketing campaign, and sit in fifth place as their quest to make it to the subsequent world soccer mundial hangs within the steadiness.