Nigeria, July 23 -- In a match that demanded nerve, heart, and mental steel, Michelle Alozie delivered the final blow.

Her stoppage-time cross(or was it a shot?) stunned defending champions South Africa in the dying moments of Tuesday's WAFCON 2024 semi-final in Casablanca, sending Nigeria's Super Falcons into their record 10th final with a 2-1 win.

It wasn't the cleanest game. It wasn't Alozie's cleanest strike. But it was decisive and carried the full weight of a team determined to reclaim its continental crown.

When asked by reporters in Morocco how she'd describe that final, spinning ball that broke Banyana Banyana hearts, Alozie could only smile:

"I'm really excited and grateful for the opportunity. I'm glad that it went in, rega...