Nairobi — Musician Tyla’s track ‘Water’ was the background music all by Wednesday evening, as Nigerians on-line celebrated their victory over South Africa within the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
Earlier within the day, pre-match, the South African musician was being celebrated by her countrymates for successful a Grammy award, and this had been used as one of many taunting instruments within the construct as much as the match, as a battle between SA’s style of Music, Amapiano, and Nigeria’s Afrobeats laid the muse for the fixture in Abidjan.
That Tyla had received a Grammy along with her viral track and Nigeria’s world acclaimed musicians had not, was foundation that South Africa would run over Nigeria on the soccer area, and storm the ultimate of the AFCON.
However this turned out within the reverse, and a hilarious twitter battle erupted, clearly with the Nigerians on prime of it, after they received on penalties.
It was Stanley Nwabali, a participant who plies his commerce in South Africa with Chippa United, that received the day as he saved two penalties handy the Tremendous Eagles victory.
The South Africans had pre-match referred to as Nigeria a ‘generator republic’, teasing them for the fixed energy cuts within the nation, however on the finish of the day, it was the boys from West Africa that received the evening.
“We’ve got overwhelmed them on the sphere, and Tyla is now ours. We personal them. It’s now OURPIANO,” one consumer on social medial platform X, previously Twitter, posted, receiving 1000’s of Retweets.
“Use am grammy win AFCON,” one other posted.
Listed below are a few of the hilarious reactions for the victory, that was centered round nothing on the pitch however the leisure off it.
ABDUL
@HalalAbdul_
Ghana Jollof made with Cameroon pepper & Antelope meat whereas listening to Amapiano?? AFCON too candy.. #NGARSA
SERAH IBRAHIM
@TheSerahIbrahim
Lmao Yabatech boys are trolling They stated South Africa ought to use Tyla water to clean their AFCON tears #NGARSA #AFCON2023
