Super Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro has reaffirmed the team’s ambition to winning the ongoing African Cup of Nations tournament in Côte d’Ivoire. The Portuguese coach disclosed this on Tuesday during the pre-match press conference for the semifinal showdown against South Africa’s Bafana Bafana.
Peseiro admitted that South Africa is a good team and they must be at their best to beat the 1996 champion.
“We are doing a good job. Good organisation and good commitment, we play like a team together,” Peseiro said.
“It will be a tough match against a good national team. We want to beat South Africa to reach the final. For that we have to play a high-level match against a South African team who eliminated Morocco, who did a fantastic World Cup.
“We must play 100% or more to beat a very good team. My belief is that we can win this competition, but they also want to win the AFCON, just like us.”
The Bafana Bafana progressed to the semifinal after a thrilling penalty shootout win over Cape Verde, while the Super Eagles defeated Angola 1-0 to book a place in the semifinal.
Three-time African champions, Nigeria will trade tackles with South Africa at the Stade de la Paix, Bouake on Wednesday night.
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