South Africa vs Nigeria PREVIEW: Super Falcons face do-or-die World Cup showdown
The Super Falcons of Nigeria and Banyana Banyana of South Africa meet again on Thursday with their 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup hopes hanging by a thread, in a high-stakes CAF play-off that neither side expected to be playing.
The four quarter-final winners secured automatic World Cup qualification, leaving Nigeria and South Africa among the defeated teams forced into the play-off pathway.
But South Africa have increasingly closed the gap, as they defeated Nigeria 2-1 in their opening match at the 2022 WAFCON before going on to win their first continental title.
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