The first semi final draw for the 2919 AFCON has been confirmed. Nigeria will face Algeria in the semi final .
Yesterday, Nigeria defeated the Bafana Bafana of South Africa 2 vs 1 to qualify for the semis. But in the first round of 16 between Cote D’ Voire and Algeria ended in 4-3 via penalty.
After 120 minutes, the match ended in a 1-1 and was stretched to penalties.
Earlier, a 62 minutes strike by Jonathan Kodjia cancelled Sofiane Feghouli goal for Desert Foxes of Algeria.
Geoffroy Serey Die and Wilfried Bony missed their spot kick for Cote D’Voire while Mohamed Youcef Belaili missed for Algeria.
The semi final draw between Nigeria vs Algeria will be played on 14th of July 2019. Kick off time is 8pm.
