AFCON2023: ‘Bafana Bafana Deserved to Win’ – Coach Broos Laments

South Africa’s head coach Hugo Broos has expressed his disappointment in Bafana Bafana of South Africa losing to the Super Eagles in Wednesday’s game at the ongoing 2023 African Cup of Nations, AFCON stating vehemently that his team played a good game.

“It’s a big disappointment for everyone, and we believe we played a very good game, not just today but throughout the tournament. I’m proud of my players. The disappointment is in not being in the final, but the pride is in having performed well.”

Speaking after the 2-4 penalty loss in the Semi-Final, Broos said his team deserved to win the game, especially considering the second half where chances were not given to the Super Eagles.

Quoting Broos, NAN wrote, “Football 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.

“It’s 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, and Nigeria didn’t have any chances. In the second half, they had few chances which resulted in a goal and we changed something tactically, and we came back.”

While South Africa will be facing DR Congo in the third-place playoff on Saturday, Nigeria will battle for the trophy with Cote d’Ivoire on Sunday.