South Africa coach Stuart Baxter dismissed the assertion from his Nigeria counterpart Gernot Rohr that Bafana Bafana are the favourites heading into Wednesday’s Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final showdown
Baxter’s side shocked tournament hosts Egypt in the last 16 having only scraped through the group stage, but he was quick to temper expectations against a Nigeria team that eliminated defending champions Cameroon in the last round. “Nigeria are absolutely one of the best teams on continent and have been for a long time. One game doesn’t make us favourites. I don’t think he’s (Rohr) fooling anybody,” Baxter told reporters Tuesday. “When we hit a balance between good organisation and getting on the ball and playing with pace and using our natural inherent technique we can give anybody a game. “We’ll be respecting Nigeria but not fearing them. We will have to produce a very good South Africa performance to beat them.”
Source: vanguardngr.com
