Amajita dominate Nigeria

South African Under-20s beat Nigeria in 8 Nation tournament

Posted: 29 May 2012 Time: 08:19 pm

South Africa beat Nigeria 1-0 in a 8 Nation Tournament match at Cape Town Stadium on Tuesday night.

It was a game dominated by South Africa, who missed a lot of opportunities, until Jerry Mxabo put one away at the end. Give Amajita your messages of good luck on our Facebook page HERE!

The early stages of the game were tight with neither team able to gain the upper-hand. Nigeria looked to expose South Africa with aerial balls from out wide, but the host nation did well to get numbers around their opponents.

There was a half chance for Aminu Umar after 21 minutes, but he dragged a low drive just wide.

At the other end, Amajita's build-up play showed promise, but they lacked the killer ball needed to unlock the Nigeria defence.

It was the Flying Eagles who had the better chances on goal – Uche Agbo not too far off with a glanced header and then the same player setting up Christian Obinna, but with only the keeper to beat Obinna blazed his effort over the bar.

Into stoppage time and Amajita had half a chance, but Jerry Mxabo was unable to get enough on a back post header.

The South African side came out firing on all cylinders after the break, causing the Nigerian defence all kinds of problems with some incisive play around the box.

This time, however, it was the final touch that was missing as Mxabo shot over the bar, while Mbongeni Gumede sent a header marginally wide.

Mxabo then had his header tipped around the post by Chukwunenye Okanki, before Snethemba Ngidi had a goal disallowed for what seemed to be a handball call.

There was a rare chance for the Flying Eagles when Simon Innocent sent a 25-yard effort just off target.

It was Amajita who remained the bigger threat on attack as they continued to attack with pace and determination.

The reward came in the 85th minute, as Mxabo finally got his finishing right, volleying home after Kgosietsile Ntlhe's excellent back-post ball.

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Article by: Anthony McLennan

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Anonymous
posted: 08:50 pm
Every nation beats Nigeria now a days, if Nigeria was playing Trinidad & Tobago I stillwonr put my money on the eagles....
Anonymous
posted: 08:59 pm
The goal scoring problem is becoming huge now!The whole nation can't seem to be scoring goals. Even the juniors can't score goals. If you want to watch the real South African style of football check out the laaities, you'll see tsamaya, vula-vala, shiya, mjike joze, shibobo!
But goals are not there! Some teams in the PSL are playing direct football but still not scoring goals. Do we give credit to defenders or blame the coaches for their tactics and game plans that doesn't produce goals scoring opportunities!
Detmolder
posted: 09:17 pm
Nigeria have become South Africa's dogs. Corruption has finally caught up with Nigerian football and is destroying it.
Anonymous
posted: 09:31 pm
ha we are now food for all.i rest my case
chelsea fc
posted: 09:47 pm
its disgraceful this days every nigeria match is a lose it doesnt matter the opponents.its something we beginning to get used to which shouldnt.something fast needs to be done before it gets to the point we not be regarded as a footballing nation.lets be honest and speak the truth hausaa are not good with management.since we left football management in the hands of the northerners they have ruined it like they ruined our economy.lets stop zoning system in nigeria and pick people according to their abilities and know how.after we won the nations cup nd olympics in the 90's football management was left with abdulmumuni aminu who literally decimated our football.why must the north always ruin management for us as if our economy they destroyed is not enough.please football management should be giving to well meaning nigerians who knows his onions in that sector.the likes of sunday oliseh,okocha,kanu's of this world,ikpeba and co should run our football.sports festivals should be introduced,ysfon and many more competitions to fish out talents.something needs to be done and quickly!
Nipsy
posted: 09:59 pm
Nigeria Donkies only knows how to turn women into prostitudes and corruption. This is early days more is still to come to these fake pastors, soccer days are over.
Anonymous
posted: 10:06 pm
Well done boys
Anonymous
posted: 01:27 am
Nemesis has finally caught up with Nigerian football. It's time to vomit all those laurels and honours we won over the years using over aged players in age group competition. It's pay back time, harvest time ans so WEEP NOT soccer lovers, na so e go be.
Anonymous
posted: 06:44 am
A Nigerian saying other nations are overaged?I know them as masters of age-cheating,come on Kola.
MoDawana
posted: 07:36 am
@Kola, your statement is at best stupid and at worst baseless. Nigeria was beaten by Argentina, Ghana and SA yet you only cite SA and Ghana for age cheating.

Well for your information, some SA development academies closed down on SUSPECTED not even proven age cheating. So by your own reasonning Nigeria was winning all those Junior championships using over-age drug dealers!

The cardinal drug-dealer rule is not to get high from your own stash. So Kola, please stop smoking your own drugs, they make sound outlandish. Infact, stop smoking and selling drugs PERIOD!
MoDawana
posted: 07:42 am
Another factor might be that the Nigerians over-age "youths" were more interested in finding ways of staying in SA than they were on the games. The beauty of Cape Town and the friendly people just overwhelmed the usual arrogant "we are better than anyone" attitude of their ilk.

I repeat, the current generation of Nigerian, South African and Camerronian footballers is average. The sooner the people accept this infallable fact the better.
MoDawana
posted: 07:44 am
Back to the topic: WELL DONE MAJITA. Keep the flag flying high. And not your brains flying high like some arrogant addicts from a particular West African country.
khosi10
posted: 08:27 am
Well done Boys people from that country are not my favourates at all, in fact I hate them.
GoodLuck Jonathan
posted: 08:33 am
But fellow naijas,whtz d big deal abt us not winning in south-Africa? pple its just an invitation tournament n its no big deal,,,this is a squad dat d coach just assembled within d shortest possible time 2 honor d invitatn n test players.Ghana campd for 2 months b4 this tournament while naija just selectd players frm local scene 2 test towards d African qualifiers,,,d big deal is dat the team kept improvin after each game,,,naijas,u realise most of those players hv neva played outside naija b4? hvnt travelld outside naija b4? hv neva playd under such atmosphere n weather b4? cmon giv d players n coach so credit.d squad didnt even pick d best frm naija league bcos some top players were nursn injuries,,,its 2 early 2 start lookn 4 some1 to crucify,,,again no foreign based was invited,,,imagine how good the squad will get by the time its beefd up wit foreign pros like chuks aneke,tiago ilori,kudus oyenuga,femi oyenuga,jordan obita,mikel Ndubuisi Agu,Kenneth Omeruo,Imoh Ezekiel, etc...For other Africans here dat dnt knw chuks Aneke watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX14uv5gfng and freak out,all those he playd @ just 17yrs old,,,,Dnt celebrate yet.Naija will raise again...My only problm is Stephen keshi n his team bcos 2 me,d man has lost focus...I still dnt feel SE shld hv a nucleus of players frm d Nigerian league,,mayb one or 2 positions but not nucleus...He shldnt b trainin local players wit all his time n freindlies,,,he shld hv rather be testn different formations wit young n ambitious foreign based pros...I believe keepn n trainin an attack anchored by Emenike,Ike uche,Ahmed n victor moses can unlock even d dreaded Chelsea defence.others like akpala,ideye,obasi,utaka,uchebo,nwofor,ebagua,edward ofere,derrick chuka n ehiosun shldnt be over-looked...Midfield marshaled by nosa igiebor,fegor ogude,mikel obi,joel obi,ogochukwu ogu,lukman,obiorah nwankwo,kelvin etuhu,amoo, nwaganga aluko n lawal would be great.defence with apam,seyi,omeruo,adejo,emenike akume,leon balogun n suswan has future,,,What home based cldnt do for eguavoen's u-23,dey cant do 4 keshi's SE.
MoDawana
posted: 08:38 am
@khosi10, hate consumes your soul my brother so no need for it. I studied with some of them and can attest that they are not bad people. It's just a few trolls who hang around internet cafes all day long conjuring 419 scams and paddling drugs if not smoking them. Amongst these addicted trolls are those who posted idiotic comments above.

Somnandi
posted: 09:23 am
Corruption facing Nigerian football association is messing up that so much potential footballers of that country. And it is the same story in South African, politics and corruption taking hand in the beautiful game, now they are losing just like nobody's business.
Anonymous
posted: 09:28 am
Moer hulle Amajita. For the 1st time, Nigeria did not use overaged players. At least, Nigeria is beginning to realise that cheating does not help and is not sustainable.

Well done Majita
lima
posted: 10:13 am
No coach loss to South African and still be in charge. Fire the coach before arriving home. He has committed atrocity by gay/Aids country to beat Nigeria.
MoDawana
posted: 11:53 am
@lima, even guys and HIV positive people can beat a team drug addicted fraudsters, fake pastors and sudo terrorists i.e Bako Haram.

If you yourself were not high on cocaine, you could see that. Now wipe your nose of that cocaine induced mucus. Infact, you must wash your brain i.e REHAB, before post here.Only SOBER and sensible posts will be countenanced. Again Well done to the winning team.

And remember SAY NO TO DRUGS,419 FRAUDSTERS, FAKE PASTORS, SUDO TERRORISTS...
Anonymous
posted: 11:57 am
@khosi10. I don't know your academic background but from what you said here, i can say that you are a matured illiterate. How can you hate your fellow african country who stood behind you at your troubled times of slavery and maltreatments in the hands of the white. I live and work in London and funny enough, my best friend is a south african. Out of almost 180million people, if you come across a 100,000 dubious ones, does that make the entire population dubious. Most of the biggest companies in nigeria at the moment are that of the south africans and they re making fortunes in nigeria. The editor should be mindful of what you allow on your pages. This is supposed to be a friendly site, and not a media where africans fight themselves in the name of football.
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