South Africa have been handed a huge warning ahead of their AFCON semi final game against the Super Eagles of Nigeria at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Nigeria will take on the Bafana Bafana for a spot in the final of the tournament on Wednesday after both teams progressed from the quarter final, with Nigeria seeing off Angola 1-0 while South Africa went through 2-1 on penalty kicks after extra time against Cape Verde.
Ahead of the game Angolan defender Kialonda Gaspar says their defeat to Nigeria was largely due to the fact that they didn’t adequately deal with the Super Eagles pace in transition, which was led by Nantes winger Moses Simon.
Simon claimed the assist for the lone goal of the game scored by Ademola Lookman, which decided the game in favour of the Jose Peseiro led team. Gaspar said the transition from defence to attack of the Super Eagles led by Simon made it difficult for them.
” We didn’t plan for the transition that we saw against Nigeria. Our idea worked well but they were quick in transition and also solid in defending as a team. Simon was leading their transition and tracking back and we couldn’t handle him”, he said.
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