Former Kaizer Chiefs winger Junior Khanye says Bafana Bafana was very lucky to have made it to the semi-final of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
Ronwen Williams was the hero as South Africa edged out Cape Verde 2-1 in a tense penalty shootout to reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals.
South Africa made it into the semi-finals of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations after a penalty shootout win over Cape Verde. After the two sides failed to score in 120 minutes.
“It’s over for us. As I said, we are lucky to be where we are at the moment. Nigeria is going to beat us, and that’s when we will get a wake-up call. I’m not saying this because I’m being negative, but it’s just me stating facts. I love Bafana Bafana, and I want to see them doing well. But, this is our last game, those guys (Nigeria) are going to punish us,” Khanye said.
“We have to be realistic, we were not at our best. We didn’t play well. We could have lost that game. But, luckily, we were very lucky. And listen, I’m saying we were very lucky, but we also need to give to Ronwen Williams (some credit). He was the star of the show and saved those penalties very well, we have to give credit to him for that,” said Khanye.
“But, when it comes to playing, we were terrible. We were defending too much. I think yesterday’s game was our worst at the tournament when I look at the other matches. I don’t think that we were at our best, any team can beat us. Look at the chances that Cape Verde created, it’s all luck. Any of those chances could have easily gone in.”
South Africa will face Nigeria on Wednesday in Bouake for a place in the final.
