The African Cup of Nations is considered the best tournament in the world. In the recent competition between Nigeria and South Africa, Nigeria’s second goal was ruled out, and instead, a penalty was given to South Africa!

• The African Cup of Nations has once again proven to be an exceptional tournament, with chaotic scenes taking place in the semi-final tie between Nigeria and South Africa. The match went into extra time after Nigeria thought they had scored a second goal to go 2-0 up in the 90th minute of normal time. Victor Osimhen celebrated what he thought was a goal, but VAR intervened, adjudging that Joe Aribo had fouled Teboho Mokoena in the penalty box at the other end of the pitch. Mokoena then scored the penalty, taking the game to extra time. The tournament has been full of twists and turns and will conclude on Sunday.

‘AFCON. THE BEST TOURNAMENT IN THE WORLD,’ said one user on X, formerly Twitter.

‘AFCON is unbelievable,’ another said, while a third added: ‘This AFCON continues to be a crazy affair. Neutrals have had a treat this year!’

The competition has seen several memorable moments so far, from Andre Onana missing a Cameroon game due to missing his flight to Ivory Coast and sacking their manager when still in the competition.