Osimhen and Lookman lead Nigeria’s attack against South Africa in the African Nations semi-final

Nigeria national team coach Jose Peseiro announced the formation of the Green Eagles to face South Africa scheduled shortly in the semi-finals of the 2023 African Nations Championship currently being held in Côte d’Ivoire 2023 and continuing until next Sunday 11.

Nigeria vs South Africa formation

Goalkeeper: Stanley Nwabili.

Defensive line: Ola Aina – William Troost-Ekong – Simi Ajayi – Calvin Bassey.

Midfield: Osai Samuel – Alex Iwobi – Frank Onyeka.

Offensive line: Simon Moses – Ademola Lookman – Victor Osimhen.

Formation of Nigeria

Nigeria vs South Africa

Al-Salam Stadium will host the decisive confrontation between the Nigerian national team and its South African counterpart, which is scheduled to be held at seven in the evening today, Wednesday, Cairo time, at the opening of the semi-finals of the African Nations Championship.

The Nigerian national team had qualified for the semi-finals of the 2023 African Nations, after defeating its Angolan counterpart, with a clean goal, in the quarter-finals, while the South African national team snatched the ticket to the semi-finals after defeating Cape Verde on penalties with a score of 2-1.

Nigeria vs South Africa

The Nigerian national team will be competing in the 16th semi-final in the competition in its history, out of 20 participations. Thus, Nigeria was able to equal the record of the Egyptian national team, which qualified 16 times to the semi-finals during 26 participations.

The Nigerian national team is superior in marketing value to South Africa by 311 million euros, as the value of the Nigerian national team is 332 million euros, while the value of the Bafana Bafana is only 23 million euros. Victor Osimhen is the most expensive Eagles player with a value of 110 million euros, while Mokoena is the most expensive South African player. Africa, worth 2.2 million euros.

Nigeria vs South Africa

The “Green Eagles” hope to overcome “Bafana Bafana” in order to qualify for the final match and win the fourth title in its history in the African Cup of Nations, after winning the title 3 previous times in its history (1980, 1994, 2013).

The Nigerian national team is looking to equal the record recorded by the Ghanaian national team in third place on the list of teams that have won the most African titles in history, as the “Black Stars” own 4 titles in their history.

The main referees committee of the African Union chose a mostly Egyptian refereeing crew to manage the South Africa-Nigeria match. The crew includes Amin Omar, a field referee, Mahmoud Abu Al-Rijal and Ahmed Hossam Taha as assistants, Mahmoud Ismail as the fourth referee, and Algerian Lahlou Brahim, the mouse referee.