[LISTEN] Baxter: We are going to do everything we can to win

[LISTEN] Baxter: We are going to do everything we can to win

Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter has stressed South Africa’s underdog status going into the game against Nigeria in Cairo on Wednesday evening.

Stuart Baxter AFCON2019
Photo: AFP South Africa's coach Stuart Baxter (L) speaks to South Africa's defender Thamsanqa Mkhize during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) Round of 16 football match between Egypt and South Africa at the Cairo International Stadium.

The South Africans take on the Super Eagles in an Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final at the Cairo International Stadium.

 

Baxter's side shocked tournament hosts Egypt in the last 16 having only scraped through the group stage.

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This has led to his Nigeria counterpart Gernot Rohr describing Bafana Bafana as the favourites heading into the showdown.

 

"One of the really important things for us is to remain very, very humble," Baxter told the media on Tuesday. 

 

"If you look back not so long ago, we wouldn't be over-confident going into a game against Nigeria. The Nigerians are still one of the powerhouses of the continent."

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