Bafana Bafana captain Ronwen Williams has refused to take credit for his man of the match award against Cape Verde. The Sundowns man made four saves in a record-breaking penalty shootout to lead South Africa into the AFCON semi-finals.
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Williams refuses to take credit for Bafana Bafana's AFCON heroics
Williams prevented four penalties, a feat never before achieved in AFCON history. South Africa went 120 minutes goalless before finally defeating Kae Verde 2-1 on penalty kicks.
“This doesn't make any sense [winning the Man of the Match]the fight, the desire to fight over 120 minutes as a team tonight, that's what's important to me, that there's a brotherhood there, to fight, to keep moving forward, that's what's important to me, that's more important '' Williams said after the game.
“So I accept this trophy on behalf of all the players, the technical team, the staff and everyone who has been on this journey with us.”
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Captain thanks analyst
Williams reiterated that credit should be given to the team's analysts for his tireless work, research, and analysis of the opposition.
“I give credit to the analysts.” [Sinesipho Mali]We cut so many videos and we study the clips and I study it too and try to catch trends, but yeah, that's not me, credit to the analysts and goalie coaches. , they send me a lot of clips, my phone is full of penalty clips, so credit to them for doing their job,” he added.
“It's not easy to get footage of these players from all over the world. It's up to the analysts to prepare the clips for me to watch and study, and they make my job 50% easier. I had an idea where most of the players were going. “
South Africa will face Nigeria's Super Eagles at the Stade de la Paix on Wednesday at 10pm. It should be a great semi-final.
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