The semi-final against Nigeria was an appetiser, because the two teams have been drawn in the same qualifying group for the 2026 World Cup
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Darting off his line to narrow the angle with the Cape Verde’s Gilson Tavares bearing down on him for a certain goal, Williams pulled off a miraculous reflex save. Put through by a cheeky diagonal pass that caught Bafana’s central defenders napping, Gilson and his heavily-strapped right knee, fired off a snapshot with the Bafana goal yawning.
They created more half and quarter chances and generally looked more industrious. Getting beyond Bafana’s wide defenders on several occasions was one thing, however, getting past Williams in goal was quite another. As the white-haired Broos, a fellow who is figuratively nearing midnight himself at 71, said after the shootout: “Six hours ago I was 71 – now I am 75. It was a very stressful game.”
In a sense it didn’t matter that they lost on penalties 4-2 to Nigeria on Wednesday night, because Bafana and Broos’ midnight hour came in their 2-0 quarter-final victory over Morocco. Ranked 13in the world, one of only two African teams in the Federation of International Football Associations top twenty , Morocco are the right stuff, borne out by their run to the semi-finals at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
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