Sign of the rebuilding show up in away win against Ethiopia
Faith in the national football team will take a while to be completely restored, but the embers of hope are glowing brighter with each game Bafana Bafana play.
The visitors struggled to play their normal game on the bumpy surface and could have found themselves trailing early in the first half had it not been for some fine goalkeeping by captain Ronwen Williams. “I don’t understand that for such an important game Ethiopia are coming to play us here on this pitch. It’s also not good for them because they are a team that plays football. It is not kick and rush football that they play. And on this field, you can do nothing else other than kick and rush because it is very difficult.”
Williams produced another stunning save when he denied Abubeker Nasir from point-blank range. The Ethiopians sliced through the Bafana rearguard and after Dagnachew picked out his compatriot, Nasir peeled away and only had Williams to beat to put the East Africans in the lead. But the keeper denied him with a brilliant save.
While it comfortable winning margin in the end, Broos said his players did not fully execute the game plan. The performance was “not really 100%, but I'm not angry about that”.
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