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Nigeria has rekindled their interest for a ticket for the FIFA World Cup finals of 2026 after the 51st minute goal of Tolu Arokodare created three points from Rwanda to the Godswill Akpabio stadium in Uyo on Saturday and brought the transport of Super Eagles to 10 in the countryside.
They are still in third place and six points from the leader of South Africa, who have faced Bloemfontein on Tuesday, but the dry possibility of Bafana Bafana who loses three points and three goals due to the use of an not admissible player in a previous game means that the Eagles still have a chance.
The Ghepardi of the Benin Republic, in second place after their 1-0 victory over the Zimbabwe in Abidjan on Friday, have a tango of the last day with the Super Eagles on October 14th.
The victory of Super Eagles, reached in a gritty race with the Amavubi and the 3-0 route of South Africa in Lesoteho in Bloemfontein on Friday, means Showdown on Tuesday between the Eagles and Bafana on a freezing evening in the judicial capital of South Africa will not be short of a war on fire.
Apart from the intense rivalries between the nations inside and outside the football field, the meeting at the Toyota Stadium will answer many questions about which of the two teams wishes a FIFA World Cup point of 2026 more, the real skills of the current generation that represent both nations on a senior level and the part that is more resonant and battle in a competition for the second place is not the place.
The eternal suspected Victor Osimhen, who obtained both goals when the Eagles overwhelmed the Amavubi 2-0 in Kigali six months ago, thought he had given the command to Nigeria at the eighth minute, when he reached the end of a left bar by Ademola Lookman to touch the ball over Fiacre Ntwari. But his effort was governed offside.
The Galatasaray of Türkiye forward was removed from the game injured in the middle of the first period.
At the 13th minute, Ntwali showed why he is one of the most respected goalkeepers in Eastern Africa when he immersed full strength to deviate a deceptive cross by Lookman, and a minute later, playing Captain Wilfred Ndidi saw his Belter from the edge of the box flying beyond the opposition goalkeeper. Ntwali, who had a very demanding evening, denied good efforts by Simon Moses and Alex Iwobi later in half.
Six minutes in the second half, Nigeria got the dividend that their effort deserved, when Arokodare, now with Wolverhampton Wanderers in England, slammed the ball against the sticks and on the net by a scramble of Goalmouth.
The former Krc Genk striker had brilliantly kept the ball for Moses to dart and send it to the box. His initial effort was blocked, but he followed and collected only a reward in marking his second international goal.
Five minutes later, Cyriel Desser was unable to hit immediately from a good passage of Iwobi, and Arokodare and Ndidi saw their shots saved by Ntwali, before the number one Amavubi produced a masterclass to divert the punishment football of Simon Moses with 14 minutes left.
The Super Eagles will now travel to Bloemfontein on Sunday, for their clash of Matchday 8 with Bafana Bafana.
