The failure of four shots in the penalty shootout led to Cape Verde’s defeat and qualification for the semifinals of the African Cup in South Africa, where it will have Nigeria as its rival.
The match played at the Charles Konan Banny stadium lacked goals. The Cape Verdean Benchimol, in the 93rd minute, hit the ball against the crossbar on the clearest occasion of a rivalry that is also unbalanced in extra time.
Baby (Rayo) started the round with failure and Williams, the hero
The disastrous execution of shots by Cape Verde, which in the Ivory Coast equaled, in the quarterfinals, its best performance in this tournament, as in 2013, ended up condemning it, while goalkeeper Ronwen Williams, who saved of the four punishments, He became the hero. of South Africa.
Bubista’s team missed four of five shots. The first three, killed by the gangster Bebe, by Willy Semedo and by Laros Duateand the fifth launched by Patrick Andrade. Only Bryan Teixeira scored, the fourth. Too easy for his rival.
South Africa, who trailed by two and scored two, secured the victory and will play in the semifinals against Nigeria in an attempt to win a second African Cup title. He is aiming for his third final. He won in 1996 and lost in the 1998 final.
Source: La Verdad
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