South Africa coach, Stuart Baxter has reacted to a statement made by Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr ahead of their encounter with Nigeria
Gernot Rohr had stated that South Africa are
”They (South Africa) were the better team against Egypt so when you’re a better team than Egypt, you are becoming the
”They beat Egypt in Egypt so they are now the
In response, Baxter was quoted saying: “I don’t think Rohr is fooling anybody. “Not at all. I think the Nigerians are absolutely one of the best teams on the continent. They have been for a long time. “They have been a powerhouse of African football for a long time. And one game doesn’t make
Speaking about the tactics to be deployed by the South Africans, Baxter said: “No‚ we’ll go into the game as we do every game. When we hit that balance between
“Therefore, we go into every game knowing that we have the chance to win and the chance to lose. And that is how we’ll approach this game. And we’ll absolutely not think that we’re the