The Super Eagles had largely made mild work of all earlier than them at this yr’s AFCON however have been compelled right into a dramatic penalty shootout by a dogged South Africa facet within the semi-finals.
Kelechi Iheanacho scored the profitable spot-kick to place Nigeria inside touching distance of a fourth continental crown and first since 2013, although 1992 and 2015 champions Ivory Coast have been on fairly the journey themselves over recent weeks.