Broos' pride in his boys was echoed by former players and supporters alike.
South Africans have expressed an overwhelming feeling of pride, despite Bafana Bafana’s semi-final African Cup of Nations loss to Nigeria in Bouake, Ivory Coast, last night.The Nigerian goal in the 67th minute by captain William Troost-Ekong and Bafana’s in the 86th minute courtesy of Teboho Mokoena, came through penalties. But after 120 minutes of play, the score remained 1-all and the match would be decided on penalties.
“All of you performed according to the script. You’ve done a magnificent job. So ja, your heads are down when we lose but we must move on and lift the spirit again.” Former player, Siphiwe Tshabalala says he hopes the national team will build on their AFCON performances. “We’re sad because we wanted to win but the journey continues and I hope that from here, we move into the next step. We are not regressing, there are a lot of positives we can build from this.” Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
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