South Africa came to a standstill on Saturday night when Bafana Bafana and Morocco meet in the Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast.
Hugo Broos’ side earned an incredible 2-0 victory over the Atlas Lions to book their place in the quarterfinals!
Cape Verde on the other hand earned a 1-0 victory over Mauritania in their round of 16 encounter. The winner from tonight’s game will face Nigeria in the semi-finals.
Take a look at how both Bafana and Cape Verde have opted to line-up for tonight’s encounter.
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Bafana vs Cape Verde: Starting lineups
South Africa XI: Williams, Mudau, Kekana, Mvala, Modiba, Mokoena, Sithole, Morena, Zwane, Tau, Makgopa.
Subs: Mothwa, Goss, Xulu, Mobbie, Sibisi, Monare, Appollis, Mashego, Adams, Maseko, Lepasa, Mayambela.
Cape Verde XI: Awaiting
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Action is scheduled to get underway at 22:00 SAST. The match between Bafana and Cape Verde will be televised live on SuperSport PSL as well as SABC3.
If you can’t get yourself to a television screen, you can also live stream the match on SABC+ (No subscription required).
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We won’t underestimate Cape Verde – Broos
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“We are not underestimating Cape Verde. They are not the same team like Morocco, with high quality players at big teams in Europe. But from what I have seen.” Bafana coach Hugo Broos told Citizen.
“They are a team on the pitch, their players are very disciplined and it is very difficult to play against them. Tomorrow we have to achieve our best level again if we want to be in the semifinals.
“It is normal to little by little start dreaming of the final, but it would be a very big mistake to think that after Morocco everything will be easier.
“If we want to compare that Bafana game on Saturday (against Cape Verde) to the game on Tuesday (against Morocco). There is no difference, it will be as tough as Tuesday.”
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