South Africa’s Banyana Banyana have defeated Nigeria’s Tremendous Falcons 2-1 in an important 2027 FIFA Ladies’s World Cup play-off in Casablanca, Morocco.
Thembi Kgatlana opened the scoring for South Africa within the 56th minute earlier than Refiloe Jane doubled their benefit within the 77th minute.
Nigeria responded late via Christy Ucheibe, who pulled one again in stoppage time, however Banyana Banyana held on to safe an important 2-1 victory.
The consequence retains South Africa’s hopes of reaching the 2027 FIFA Ladies’s World Cup alive, whereas Nigeria’s defeat ends the Tremendous Falcons’ hopes of qualifying via this route.
The victory sends Banyana Banyana into the subsequent stage of the inter-confederation play-off pathway, the place they’ll proceed their struggle for a spot on the event in Brazil.
For Nigeria, the defeat is a serious setback, with the Tremendous Falcons now dealing with the prospect of lacking their first-ever FIFA Ladies’s World Cup after beforehand qualifying for each version.
