Owen da Gama, the SA Under-23 national team coach, is unlikely to change Friday night’s winning approach against Tunisia when his side face another North African team in the semi-finals of the CAF Youth Africa Cup of Nations.
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Baby Bafana reached the last four of the tournament, which serves as qualification for the Olympic Games in Rio next year for the continent’s top three junior national teams,when they narrowly beat Tunisia 1-0 in Mbour, Senegal.
Menzi Masuku bagged the winning goal in the 85th minute after South Africa survived an onslaught, with the opposition - who needed a win while a draw for Da Gama’s men would have been enough - pressing for much of the encounter.
The coach said he expects a game quite similar on Wednesday night in Dakar.
“It is going to be a tough one and there is no doubt about it. These are the best four nations on the continent at this stage. We were expecting any one between Algeria, Nigeria and Egypt but we got Algeria as they topped their group,” Da Gama explained.
“It is probably a blessing in disguise that we are playing them because Nigeria is also a quality team as well as Egypt, who have unfortunately been knocked out.”
Sourc:iol.co.za
