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Mandela Cup: Nigeria defeats South Africa 2-0
 
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Thu, 15 Aug 2013   ||   Nigeria,
 


Nigeria’s Super Eagles on Wednesday in Durban,defeated South Africa 2-0 to win the annual Nelson Mandela’s challenge cup. With both teams showing respect for each other,they were content with spreading passes across the pitch in…
Uche Nwofor’s second half brace separated the two sides.
The former VVV Venlo striker who replaced Shola Ameobi at the start of the second half opened the scoring with a cool finish in the 49th minute.
He capped his memorable debut with a simple tap in the 68th minute following a sweeping team move involving substitutes Victor Moses and Ahmed Musa

 

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