Eagle Fail to Fly over Bafana Bafana of South Africa in World Cup Qualifiers in Uyo, Play 1-1 Draw.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria on Friday night on their home ground at Uyo again failed to beat the Bafana Bafana (The Boys) of South Africa forcing a 1-1 draw when an outright victory was most needed to gain advantage at the Group C of the world cup qualifier.

Nigeria failed to see the desperation of the South Africans who were physical committing 11-6 fouls in the first half with 4-0 offside calls as well as made the defence their Achilles heel as Themba Zwane collected a thorough pass to beat the Nigerian defence for the first goal in the 29th minute.

Half time pep talk must have gingered the Eagles as Alex Iwobi found Hatayspors debutant, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru who equalized in just one minute of play of the second half (46th minute) in a good directional play that beat South African Goalie, William flat.

South Africa were looking for short cuts to beat Nigeria being caught offside 11-0 throughout with 16-8 fouls while Nigeria had 15-8 shots at goal making just 5 shots on target which did not cause havoc to the Boys.

The score line was the same gotten in the semifinal of the African Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast when both teams last met and that will make the South African Coach, Hugo Broos to pop up wine as he had promised to upset the Eagles at home meaning that Finidi George will need the win the next match with wide margin

Lesotho earlier in the day caught Zimbabwe with only one foot on the ground in a 2-0 victory at home in a group C encounter. Rasethunt scored the first goal in the 21st minute and Thebansto made it 2-0 at the 31st minute. Lesotho leads the group with 5 points; Rwanda is 2nd with 4 points having goals superiority over Benin Republic that is 3rd with 4 points; South Africa is 4th with 4 points also pushing Nigeria to a pathetic 5th position with 3 points and Zimbabwe has 2 points.

Nigeria will meet Republic of Benin on Tuesday while South Africa will play neighbors Zimbabwe at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfonteiro same day.