Eagles draw in South Africa

After some rather shocking results in the opening round of group qualifying matches for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, the Super Eagels and Bafana Bafana today played out a goalless draw in South Africa.

Nigeria’s midfielder John Mikel Obi (C) falls next to South Africa’s defender Thabo Matlaba (L) and midfielder Sibusiso Vilakazi (R) during the 2015 African Cup of Nations qualifying football match between South Africa and Nigeria on September 10, 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa. 

Defending champions Nigeria maintained their record of never losing nor conceding a goal against 

South Africa in a competitive match by forcing a 0-0 Cape Town stalemate.

Updated Africa Cup of Nations match day 2 qualifying results on Wednesday:

Group A

At Cape Town

South Africa 0 Nigeria 0

At Pointe-Noire, Congo

Congo Brazzaville 2 (Dore 4, Oniangue 90) Sudan 0

Group B

At Blantyre, Malawi

Malawi 3 (Nyondo 14, 79, F. Banda 65) Ethiopia 2 (Kebede 44, Saleh 90+5)

Playing later

At Blida, Algeria

Algeria v Mali 1930 GMT

Group C

At Maseru

Lesotho 1 (Lekhanya 65) Gabon 1 (Madinda 87)

At Luanda

Angola 0 Burkina Faso 3 (Bance 43, Pitroipa 49, 57)

Group D

At Yaounde

Cameroon 4 (N’Jie 15, 76, Aboubakar 37, 54) Ivory Coast 1 (Toure 25)

At Lubumbashi, DR Congo

Sierra Leone 0 Democratic Republic of Congo 2 (Mubele 51, Bokila 88)

Note: match switched from Freetown because of Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone

Group E

At Kampala

Uganda 2 (Massa 23, 44) Guinea 0

At Lome

Togo 2 (J. Ayite 12, Adebayor 76) Ghana 2 (Gyan 23, Agyemang Badu 34, Atsu 85)

Group F

At Praia

Cape Verde Islands 2 (Ze Luis 33, Mendes 78) Zambia 1 (Mulenga 54)

At Maputo

Mozambique 1 (E. Pelembe 5-pen) Niger 1 (Cisse 25)

Group G

At Cairo

Egypt 0 Tunisia 1 (Ben Youssef 14)

At Gaborone

Botswana 0 Senegal 2 (Sane 31, N’Doye 84)