African Women Championship semi-final: Nigeria vs South Africa LIVE (2 – 1) Full-time
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Oshoala was brilliant for Nigeria, she made the difference by scoring twice in the first period. Bayana Bayana played well only in the second half with series of attacks, ultimately gifted them one goal but it was too little too late to change the final result.
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90+3 The referee blows her whistle to put an end to this saga
90+2 That was so close, the Bayana Bayana winger sends great cross inside the box but her teammate arrived late to waste a golden opportunity to score the equalizer
90+1 Great shot by Sunday (Nigeria) From inside the box but the keeper shows great saving skills, corner kick for Nigeria
89′ 3 minutes will be played as stoppage time
87′ Very dubious officiating in this match. Nigeria leads 2-1 with 3 minutes of normal time remaining.
85′ South Africa awarded foul in the midfield with long range cross the players tries to make it count but again the Nigerian defence are alert
83′ Last substitution for Nigeria Oshoala will leave her place for Ohadugha, fresh meat.
80′ 10 minutes left with Nigeria up with one goal, Bayana Bayana are controlling the game for now but nothing serious
76′ Another change by Nigerian, Okobi out Nkwocha in 4 Nigeria
73′ Bayana Bayana look dangerous now with a series of attacks, but the Nigerian defence is doing a great job so far
71′ Oshoala picks an injury, the player called for medical treatment
68′ GOAL‘Can not tell, The referee makes weird decision by counting goal for South Africa, after cross ball toward the Nigerian goal, the ball cleared by the defender by the referee said the ball crossed the goal line. 2-1
67′ Fail attempt by Bayana Bayana with great shot that went just above the cross bar, goal kick for Nigeria
65′ The second half is quit static as both teams playing with low rhythm, specially the Nigerian side as they are confident of their victory
62′ Ordega (Nigeria) wont make it to the end of the game due to her injury, Sunday (Nigeria) will come in replacing her
60′ REMINDER. Nigeria 2-0 up in the first semi final of the African Women’s Championship in Namibia. Asisat Oshoala with both goals. 60 minutes gone
59′ Ordega (Nigeria) picks an injury, i hope it’s miner.
57′ Nojco (Nigeria) got booked after tackling Bayana Bayana player
55′ What a shot, the Nigerian midfielder lashes long range shot, but the keeper was alert to produce great save, she pulls it off to corner.
54′ First substitution For Bayana Bayana Nonwanya 20 will leave her place for Mollo 14
51′ South Africa first attempt in the second half, with long range cross but it was easy for the defence to get rid of the danger
48′ Poor attempt by South Africa players, obviously there is no clear strategy for Bayana Bayana, too much individuality that make it easy for Nigerian defence to deal with.
46′ We are here again underway for the second half of the game : Nigeria vs South Africa, the first half ended with Nigeria taking the lead with 2 goals by Oshoala.
Oshoala Scored twice for Nigeria during the first period, the striker is beyond awesome. South Africa lacked the efficiency in the midfield which gave Nigeria more ball control.
45′ The referee blows his whistle to end the first half, with Nigeria taking the lead with Two goals, thanks to Oshoala (Nigeria).
44′ Oshoala again, the player strikes from the edge of the box with great shot to beat the keeper, her shot was just over great.
42′ Nigerian players are controliing the midfield, no gaps for Bayana Bayana to produce some good chances.
40′ Van WYK (south Africa) awarded a yellow card for her tackle.
38′ GOAL FOR NIGERIA, Oshoala open the score for Nigeria after great run produced by her, with a solo effort she penetrates the defence before she fires, her ball hit the defender and went against the keeper moves to jag the back of the net. GREAT SKILL
35′ One of south Africa players is on the ground, she picks an injury after harsh challenge with the opponent
32′ the stats show a Super Falcon dominance over the Bayana Bayana, the nigerians had 10 shots, while the south africans had only 2
32′ Dangerous action from a cross from the left flank, and Nigeria’s forward misses the target with her header
29′ Nigeria win a corner, played high to the penalty point but the Bayana Bayana keeper goes out and collects the ball to launch a counter attack, unfortunatley fot them Nigeria’s defence was alert
24′ The game is even so far, and both teams are exchanging attacks and counter attacks
19e’: Oshola uses her pace and gets passed an opponent but her effort is wasted! the Bayana Bayana keeper is doing great
18′ : Oshola finds herself in a face to face situation but couldn’t open the score!!! nice save from the keeper.
15′ : Njoku attempts a mid range effort who almost fooled the Bayana Bayana keeper. The ball goes out for a goal kick.
10′ : A huge mistake by the South African goal keeper, fortunately for her the defence was there to save the action
7′ Okobi Gets injured after a severe challenge. The Super Falcon is receiving treatement on the touchline
5′ A series of corners for the Super Falcons who start the game very nicely, but they couldn’t make it to the net yet
1′ The referee has given the kick off whistle, and here we go with this semi-final of the African Women Championship
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Nigeria will be facing South Africa in the 2014 African Women Championship semi-final held in Namibia on Wednesday, 22/10/2014 at 16:00 GMT with both sides eyeing a spot in the big final.
Banyana Banyana booked their place at the semis in grand style beating Algeria 5-1 in their Group B clash on Saturday at the Independence Stadium while The Super Falcons defeated hosts Namibia 2-0 to move to the semi-finals after gathering 9 points from Group A.
Follow this exciting encounter between two of the best teams in Africa LIVE with the latest news and updates.
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