South Africa head coach Hugo Broos has warned the Nigerian Tremendous Eagles that the present Bafana Bafana gamers are completely different from these they dominated in earlier encounters.
Nigeria and South Africa will face off within the AFCON 2023 semi-finals in Bouake on Wednesday.
That is the fourth time the 2 groups have crossed paths on the AFCON, with Nigeria successful the three earlier matches.
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The final time the 2 sides met was within the quarter-finals of the 2019 AFCON.
In fourteen earlier conferences, the Eagles have received seven of the 2 towards South Africa, with 5 attracts in between.
Broos is conscious that his crew will go into the match as underdogs, however has issued a stern warning to the Nigerian crew.
“Sure, we all know and perceive who we’re up towards,” Broos stated at his pre-match press convention on Tuesday. “We all know the power of this crew and that their gamers play throughout Europe.
“We additionally know what the consequence was final time in an AFCON, however this time it’s completely different. It's completely different gamers, completely different crew and completely different AFCON. Every little thing is feasible.”
The Belgian coach revealed that they are going to be with out one in all their midfielders Thapelo Maseko, who suffered a hamstring damage.
“Sadly, because of the third-degree (hamstring) tear, Maseko can be out for the remainder of the event,” Cameroon's AFCON 2017-winning coach stated.
“However he’ll stick with us till the tip. We won’t substitute the participant with one other one due to time (visa and journey time to get to Ivory Coast at quick discover), so we are going to proceed the event with the squad we’ve.
After conceding of their opening video games, Nigeria and South Africa stored 4 clear sheets in a row.
Whereas Jose Peseiro's males defeated Angola 1-0 within the quarter-finals, South Africa beat Cape Verde 2-1 on penalties after common time ended 0-0.
