Coach Gordon Igesund of the South African National team (Bafana Bafana) has warned his players not to get carried away with their victory on Wednesday over Angola.
South Africa defeated Angola 2-0 and they did so in convincing fashion in a dazzling show at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban with four points to jump to the summit of Group A standings followed by Cape Verde and Morocco who have two points each.
Angola has one point following their goalless draw with Morocco in their opening encounter. The match between Morocco and Cape Verde ended in a 1-1 draw.
South Africa next faces Morocco in the final Group Stage match on Sunday, 27 January at Moses Mabhida Stadium with Cape Verde and Angola clashing at the same time at the Nelson Mandela Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.
“We won our second game, but we really can’t get carried away with that, one win is not going to qualify us, we know what we have to do next. We have a tough match against a strong Morocco side and we need to win that one,” said Igesund.
“We know what we need to do on Sunday. We can’t continue living in the past. We must start celebrating once we qualify for the quarterfinals.”
For the clash against Angola, Igesund made five changes to the team that played to a goalless draw with Cape Verde in the opening match of the tournament. He is the first to admit he took a gamble that worked well in the end.
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