Super Eagles player Samuel Chukwueze has expressed his delight after he was named Man of the Match in Nigeria’s 2-1 win over South Africa.

Aside from getting Super Eagles’ first goal, the youngster who became 2019 Afcon’s youngest goalscorer put up a stout attacking display against Stuart Baxter’s men.

Also, yesterday’s strike was the Villarreal man’s first senior international goal and he has acknowledged in a chat with www.brila.net that it as a dream come true.

“Am so happy winning the game because they are a team that defeated the host country, Egypt. It wasn’t an easy game to win as we had to work hard, with everyone doing their job on the field”.

“Am excited because this is my first competition with the senior team, am so excited and happy, Its a dream come true for me to be part of this team”

“We need to work hard in our next game, we are through to the semi-final and so we need to work hard as we look to win the trophy and make Nigerians happy, I want them to keep supporting us and we will surely put smiles on their faces”.

“We pushed very hard to win the game because it wasn’t easy, but we thank God we won”.

“This is my first international outing with the Super Eagles as well as my first senior goal. It is a dream come true for me. This makes me feel so happy and don’t know how to express it.”

Nigeria have qualified in nine of their 10 quarterfinal appearances at Afcon. Also, they have won their three encounters against South Africa in the championship’s history.