'Expect A Match Of High Quality' - Rohr Looks Ahead To Cracker Vs South Africa

Published: July 09, 2019

Gernot Rohr and Odion Ighalo faced the cameras ahead of Wednesday evening's Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal showdown against South Africa at the Cairo International Stadium, Cairo.

The German has reiterated that the Super Eagles are the underdogs heading into the game, pointing out that Bafana Bafana secured a spot in the last eight after beating a strong Egyptian squad.

''We saw the Egypt vs South Africa game, we know South Africa very well because they were in our group for the qualifiers,'' said Rohr to reporters at Tuesday's press conference.

''When you beat Egypt in this circumstances with one of the best players in Africa, you will be full of confidence and they deserve to win, they were the better team.''

The Super Eagles will be full of confidence following their recent 3-2 win against defending champions Cameroon but Rohr has insisted that the players are not getting carried away as they remain humble.

''We had a good game against Cameroon, we also have confidence so we should expect a match of high quality.

''The strengths of our team are humility and fighting spirit, and even against South Africa it won't be easy.

''But we also have confidence because we scored three goals against a team who did not concede a goal in the group stage and who had a very good goalkeeper.

''We are confident also but for me South Africa is the favorite,'' added Rohr.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel