South Africans are disappointed today that South Africa’s senior men’s football team is lost to Africa’s premier football spectacle.
Bafana might have qualified by a hair’s breadth for the knockout phase of the competition , but against Egypt in the last 16 they played one their best matches in recent memory. And we all know how that story of David and Goliath finishes. Bafana stuck to the script, helped by the adrenaline rush of being the underdog in front of about 70,000 Egyptians roaring their heroes on.
In Nigeria, Bafana saw an equal, not a superior or inferior opponent. And that was their downfall. The approach was too pragmatic, from both teams. And for the first 20 minutes or so it was just a sparring match with no one really wanting to make the first move. Arguably, had the South Africans come out swinging, they would’ve comfortably beaten the Nigerians on the night. As it was, there was none of that fight and the performance was flat throughout.
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