Sudan/Nigeria: Eagles Slip in Khartoum Highlights Match-Day Three Fixtures

13 October 2014

Match-day three of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches produced some stunning results last weekend. Nigeria's Super Eagles who are the defending champions of the tournament got more than they bargained for in Khartoum. Stephen Keshi and his wards left Sudan empty handed with no point to show despite Nigeria's arrays of stars plying their trades in European leagues. Below is a review of the weekend clashes.

Group A: Shakes Hails Bafana Character Bafana Bafana Head Coach, Ephraim 'Shakes' Mashaba, believes his side is slowly getting where it should be. Mashaba said this after Bafana Bafana defeated Congo 2-0 in an Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier played on Saturday in Pointe Noire to take leadership of Group A. Congo is now second on six points with Sudan seating on the third spot with three points after defeating Nigeria 1-0 at the weekend. Eagles are last with just a point out of nine. Second-half goals from strikers Bongani Ndulula and Tokelo Rantie three minutes apart (in the 52nd and 55th minutes) were enough to see the South Africans return home with maximum points. This was the ninth meeting between the two nations, and Bafana Bafana have won five of the clashes, losing just once. The Bafana Bafana mentor has now beaten the Congolese two times - the first time in October1992 in Johannesburg (Ellis Park Stadium) in the first encounter between the two nations. "I am happy to have beaten Congo for the second time. The first time I was a stand-in coach. We defeated them 1-0, today it was 2-0 and I hope the next time it will be 3-0. But it shows there is some improvement from the coaches, we are getting somewhere," said Mashaba.

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