Bafana Bafana not scared of Nigeria

Bafana Bafana's hard tackling midfielder, Lance Davids, will not be star-struck when he lines up against Nigeria in what could be the biggest match of his career in Abuja on Sunday. Kick-off is at 17:00 South African time.

The 23-year-old Cape Town-born Davids who plays for leading Swedish club Djurgardens, is one of the promising stars who local fans are hoping will set the 2010 Soccer World Cup finals alight.

Davids showed glimpses of his potential when he played a couple of impressive cameo roles under former Bafana head coach Carlos Alberto Parreira at the African Cup of Nations staged in January.

But the prospect of playing against the likes of Super Eagles skipper and top striker, Nwankwo Kanu, his Portsmouth teammate John Utaka who helped their English Premiership club lift the FA Cup at Wembley earlier this month, adds to the excitement of this clash between fierce African rivals.