Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals South Africa vs. Cape Verde, the two sides were still unrecorded until 120 minutes of extra time, and the winner had to be divided in the most brutal way - in the penalty shoot-out stage, South African goalkeeper Ronwen Williams (Ronwen Williams) saved four goals, including the last goal of former Manchester United player Bebe, and successfully eliminated the opponent 2:1 to advance to the semi-finals.
More goals and fewer goals in the Africa Cup of Nations are the norm, with South Africa and Cape Verde combined for 41 attempts in 120 minutes of matching, all of which failed to score. Among them, Cape Verde got off the ground 25 times, and only hit the target a pitiful 2 times, and it seems that the stronger South Africa had 16 shots on goal and 6 times in the frame, and there was no goal.
Cape Verde is the smallest of the participating countries, with a population of less than 590,000, and the only player in the squad is the 33-year-old Bebe, who is known mainly for being one of the most iconic parallel goods in Manchester United's history.
Although the country is small, Cape Verde's performance in this game is not inferior to South Africa, and the performance is even above the opponent, but unfortunately as the Africa Cup of Nations is normal, a number of front-line players have wasted a lot of opportunities, and South African goalkeeper Williams also has a good performance, defending the door all over the field, whether it is a one-on-one shot, or a corner kick offensive, he has been dismantled one by one, especially in stoppage time, after relying on his key save, the ball was received by him again.
Cape Verdean goalkeeper Vozinha was free for 90 minutes, but it took two good saves in extra-time to send the small African nation to a penalty shoot-out against South Africa. Vozinha also saved a penalty and South Africa missed another penalty, but it was not as good as the hero of the game, Williams.
In the penalty shootout stage, Cape Verde took the first penalty, Williams saved the first goal, South African players scored, Cape Verde also scored in the second round, and then Williams saved two goals in succession, but South Africa missed the second and third rounds, and the score of the two sides remained at 1:1.
In the crucial fifth round, Cape Verde fielded the most famous Babe, but unfortunately could not get past Williams, while South African midfielder Teboho Mokoena scored the winning penalty and went through a lot of hardship to get past Cape Verde and reach the last four of the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time since 2000.
The Africa Cup of Nations powerhouses were less dominant than before, with South Africa thrashing small Cape Verde and host country Côte d'Ivoire having to fight until the last minute of extra time on Saturday to beat Mali 2-1 to qualify. South Africa will face Nigeria in the semi-finals and Côte d'Ivoire will face the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Cabo Verde was arguably the biggest surprise for the Africa Cup of Nations, beating Ghana in their opening group game and then beating another favourite, Egypt, to finish first in Group B. After passing the round of 16, the top 8 match also almost defeated South Africa. Even if he was only one step away from qualifying, his performance still deserved the biggest applause.