LOSS TO NIGERIA DIFFICULT TO TAKE, SOUTH AFRICA'S COACH SAYS. (PHOTO).
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Loss to Nigeria difficult to take, South Africaās coach says
South Africaās head coach Hugo Broos feels his side played better against Nigeria in Wednesdayās semi-final encounter which they lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Bafana Bafana came back from a goal down to take the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) game to extra time.
Reacting to their defeat, Broos explained that his side played much better and deserved to win the game.
āFootball can be hard sometimes, when you look at the performance of my team today (Wednesday), and then there were the penalty kicks. Then you lose the penalty shootout and you are not in the finals.
āItās hard to accept that, because we played a very good game today. I think we were the best team in the first half, we got the best chances, Nigeria didnāt have any chance.
āIn the second half, they had few chances which resulted in a goal and we changed something tactically, and we came back,ā he said.
He insisted that his team created more chances, adding that if they had scored, they would have been in the final and not Nigeria.
The Belgian however hailed his team for what has been a great tournament for them.
āItās a big disappointment for everyone, and we believe we played a very good game, not just today but throughout the tournament.
āIām proud of my players. The disappointment is in not being in the final, but the pride is in having performed well,ā he said.
South Africa will now face DR Congo in the third-place playoff on Saturday.
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