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Kuvuka upelepele ogqokweni iBafana iqhathwa neNigeria 

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Kuzovuseleka umbango omdala uma iBafana Bafana seyibhekene neSuper Eagles yaseNigeria kubangwa ithikithi lokuya eNdebeni yoMhlaba ka-2026 e-USA, Canada naseMexico.

Elakuleli liqhathwe kuGroup C lapho neNigeria, Benin, Rwanda Zimbabwe neLesotho ngesikhathi kuqhathwa amaqembu e-Ivory Coast ngoLwesine.

Abanqobile eqoqweni ngalinye kwayisishiyagalolunye bazongena eNdebeni yoMhlaba ezobe seyinama qembu angu-48.

IBafana izithole seyiqhathwa neNigeria, okungangabazeki ukuthi izozimisela ukuvala ihlazo lokusala ngaphandle eNdebeni yoMhlaba ka-2022 ebiseQatar. 

Elakuleli lisayihlule kanye iNigeria emdlalweni osemthethweningesikhathi iqeqeshwa uStuart Baxter ishaya iSuper Eagles ngo 2-0 eNigeria emidlalweni yokuhlungela i-Africa Cup of Nations ka-2019.

INigeria iziphindiselele kowamanqamu e-Afcon ka-2019, ihlula iNingizimu Afrika kaBaxter ngo 2-1 kuma-quarterfinal eCairo.

IBafana neNigeria sebehlangane izikhathi ezine phambilini kweyokuhlungela iNdebe yoMhlaba. 

Emuva ngo-1992 iNigeria yashaya iNingizimu Afrika ngo 4-0 ukuze ingene eNdebni yoMhlaba ka-1994 e-USA. 

Umdlalo womlenze wesibili owawungoJanuwari 1993 eFNB Stadium waphela zibambene kungekho goli.

INigeria iphinde yahlula iNingizimu Afrika kabili emidlalweni yokuhlungela iNdebe yoMhlaba ka-2010 Fifa, nakuba iBafana Bafana yayivele izodlala kulo mqhudelwano njengosokhaya.

Iqembu lamanje leSuper Eagles linabadlali abayizihlabani kumaligi ehlukene aphezulu ase-Europe, okuhlanganisa nomgadli weNapoli uVictor Osimhen noweLeicester City uKelechi Iheanacho.

IBafana isidlale neZimbabwe neLesotho izikhathi eziningi kodwa yabhekana neBenin kanye kuphela, bayishaya ngo 2-0 emdlalweni wabo wokuvula kwi-Africa Cup of Nations eTunisia ngo-2004.

Ayikaze neRwanda phambilini. Imidlalo yokuhlungela iNdebe yoMhlaba ka-2026 iqala ngoNovemba.

FUNDA NALA: AmaZulu ashela oweBafana obehalelwa yiChiefs 

Amaqoqo ame kanje:

Group A – Egypt, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Djibouti

Group B – Senegal, Congo DR, Mauritania, Togo, Sudan, South Sudan

Group C – Nigeria, South Africa, Benin, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Lesotho

Group D – Cameroon, Cape Verde, Angola, Libya, Eswatini, Mauritius

Group E – Morocco, Zambia, Congo-Brazzaville, Tanzania, Niger, Eritrea

Group F – Ivory Coast, Gabon, Kenya, The Gambia, Burundi, Seychelles

Group G – Algeria, Guinea, Uganda, Mozambique, Botswana, Somalia

Group H – Tunisia, Equitorial Guinea, Namibia, Malawi, Liberia, Sao Tome e Principe

Group I – Mali, Ghana, Madagascar, Central African Republic, Comoros, Chad