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AFCON Semi-finals Fixtures, Kick-Off Time As South Africa Knockout Cape Verde

EKO HOT BLOG reports that it is going to be the Super Eagles of Nigeria vs Bafana Bafana of South Africa in one of the two semi-finals at the 2023 AFCON in Ivory Coast.

South Africa battled with a resilient Cape Verdean side for 120 minutes in the quarter-finals of the 2023 AFCON without conceding nor scoring a goal as the game was forced into a penalty shootout.

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Before then, both teams had a series of goalscoring opportunities but Cape Verde’s goalkeeper Vozinha and South Africa’s Ronwen Williams kept their respective teams in the game with fantastic saves.

Williams saved South Africa in the regulation time while Vozinha made multiple saves in extra time to keep Cape Verde in the game.

The heroics of Williams continued during the penalty shootout as he saved four of the five penalties taken by the Cape Verdeans to send South Africa to the semi-finals of the 2023 AFCON for the first time since 2000.

This means that Williams is the first goalkeeper in the history of the AFCON to save four penalties in a single penalty shootout.

The Bafana Bafana who have won the AFCON title once in their history will now face the Super Eagles of Nigeria who knocked out Angola to get to the semis.

Note that Nigeria are three times winners of the tournament and are seen as the favourites to win the 2023 edition of the competition though the hosts, Ivory Coast have also made their way to the semis.

Below are the 2023 AFCON Semi-finals fixtures and kick-off time:

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Wednesday, February 7

Nigeria Vs South Africa

6 p.m.

Venue: Peace Stadium of Bouaké

Ivory Coast Vs DR Congo

9 p.m.

Venue: Olympic Stadium of Ebimpé

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