Banyana Banyana come up short in Olympic qualification as Super Falcons advance

Nigeria, who converted a penalty in the home leg on Friday, came with a set game plan to stifle the home side on attack and protect their lead.

The first-half was an even contest as Banyana could not get past a stubborn Nigeria outfit that were content to sit back and wait for their opportunities on the counter-attack.

The Super Falcons missed a glorious opportunity to open the scoring fice minutes before halftime when Grace Kanu could not properly connect a floating ball that was delivered into the box. 

The hosts' star forward Thembi Kgatlana was completely nullified and did not get into the game at all as she was given precious little space to run into and use her pace.

Banyana up the tempo into after interval in search of the goal that would level the tie but seemed to always come up short in the final third.

Morocco and Zambia meet in their second leg on Wednesday to decide who will join Nigeria in France. 

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