Online Reporter
Robson Sharuko
Metros Editor
THE Warriors are still waiting for their first win over the Super Eagles in 45 years.
The latest duel between the two countries ended in a comfortable 2-0 win for the Nigerians at The Valley in a Unity Cup semi-final on Tuesday night.
The Warriors were hoping to win only their SECOND match against the Super Eagles.
Interestingly, the Warriors won the first match, a friendly international in August, 1981, 2-0.
It remains our only win over the Nigerians.
Going into their Unity Cup showdown, the Warriors had not lost a game against the Super Eagles in TWENTY years.
The last loss had come in a 2006 AFCON finals match in Egypt when the Nigerians won 2-0 in Port Said.
Since then, the Warriors had drawn their three matches against the Super Eagles with their 2026 World Cup qualifiers ending in identical 1-1 draws.
The two results effectively cost Nigeria a place at the 2026 World Cup finals.
Even our friendly international, on June 8, 2019, had also ended in a draw.
On Tuesday night, the Nigerians changed that script as they powered to a deserved 2-0 win over Zimbabwe.
This now means the Super Eagles have won five, lost one and drawn four of the ten matches they have played against the Warriors.
Bongani Ndlovu