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| Uche Nwanfor celebrating his goal |
By Ojay Matthew
Uche Nwafor came off the bench to score a brace as Nigeria defeated South
Africa 2-0 in the Nelson Mandela Challenge at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on
Wednesday night.
Both sides had a number of chances but the Super eagles proved to be
stronger in the second half after making telling changes with the Nwafor,
Victor Moses and Ahmed Musa coming at the break to reinforce the attack. The
match got off to a slow start but in the 11th minute Itumeleng Khune was forced
to come out of his line to intercept a long pass that was destined for Nnamdi
Oduamadi, while Tshepo Masilela fired wide at the other end three minutes
later.
Bernard Parker then
managed to get behind the defence on the left in the 24th minute, but...Get the full story on the sports column of DayBreak Newspaper coming out this week!
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