AFCON: Three danger-men for Bafana Bafana to fear

Bafana Bafana face the exciting prospect of a meeting with the mighty Nigeria in Wednesday’s AFCON semi-final.

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OSIMHEN IS ALWAYS DANGEROUS

20 goals in 27 caps is a superb goal-scoring ratio at international level. Victor Osimhen is no ordinary striker, as he has proved in the past few seasons with Lille in France, and now especially with Italian champions Napoli. He fired Diego Maradona’s old team to their first Scudetto in 33 years with 26 goals in the league. Those antics earned him the top scorer ‘Capocannoniere’ award in Serie A. No wonder a host of clubs around Europe are willing to pay upwards of €100m for the 25-year-old, who is particularly admired for his powerful, rangy running of the channels and clinical coldness in front of goal.

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Lookman is the form man to worry Bafana Bafana in AFCON cracker

South Africa meets Nigeria’s Super Eagles on Wednesday 7 February with kickoff at 19:00. Nigeria got the better of Angola in a tight quarter-final clash. Ademola Lookman was the only goal-scorer on the evening, and Lookman also scored a brace against Cameroon in the round of 16. Meanwhile, the directness and pace of AC Milan winger Samuel Chukwueze will give Aubrey Modiba plenty to think about.

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