Nigeria leave it late to reach Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals
William Troost-Ekongs late strike sent Nigeria into the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations at the expense of South Africa.TheUdinese centre-back struck in the 89th minute to seal a 2-1 win at theCairo International Stadium.Samuel Chukwueze opened the scoring for Nigeria in the first half only for Bongani Zungu to level in the second half after VAR intervened.The Super Eagles will play Ivory Coast or Algeria in the semi-finals in Cairo on Sunday.Chukwueze opened the scoring after 27 minutes when he linked with ArsenalsAlex Iwobi to score at the second attempt.Zungu levelled with 20 minutes remaining when he nodded in from a free-kick and it was given after a VAR check showed the ball came offNigerias Odion Ighalo before it fell to an initially offside Zungu.But Nigeria won it with a minute left when goalkeeper Ronwen Williams missed his punch from Moses Simons corner to allowTroost-Ekong to bundle in the winner.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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