Ahead of today’s Africa Cup of Nations semi final game against South Africa opinions have been pouring in on the team that will likely book a place in the final of the tournament taking place in Ivory Coast, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
South Africa will be eyeing a spot in the final for the first time since 1998 , while the Super Eagles of Nigeria will be looking to go all the way and equal the team of 2013 who went all the way to lift the trophy at the home of today’s opponent.
Super Eagles dispatch Angola 1-0 to get to this stage, while South Africa had to rely on penalties to beat Cape Verde 2-1 with both teams tied on 0-0 after extra time. Jabu Mahlangu believe today’s game will be much easier than the quarter final game.
Speaking ahead of the game , the former international said he has huge faith in the team that they will beat Nigeria and book a place in the final saying he was scared when they took on Cape Verde much more than he is ahead of today’s game.
“It was a tough game, Cape Verde gave us a good show as well. They showed up and put us under pressure.
“I know they (Cape Verde) dominated the game. Most of the game they dominated ball possession,” Mahlangu said.
“But they were not really too dangerous or whereby they were putting Ronwen or our defence under pressure. Although at some point in the game, we were defending far too deep. We were allowing them to put pressure on us (Bafana). I hope we can improve on that.”
“Yeah Nigeria, actually, I was scared of Cape Verde more than Nigeria. I welcome Nigeria. We are going to beat Nigeria. We are not scared of Nigeria,” Mahlangu added.
“Again, I don’t want to be carried away. We will take it one day at a time.”
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