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Bafana Bafana's biggest Afcon 2023 test so far? South Africa legend Tovey convinced Cape Verde are tougher than Morocco

Bafana are in the<a href="https://www.goal.com/en-za/africa-cup-of-nations/68zplepppndhl8bfdvgy9vgu1" target="_blank"> Afcon</a> quarter-finals after beating Morocco 2-0 in the Round of 16.They now face Cape Verde in the quarter-finals of this competition as they push for their first Afcon title since 1996.Former skipper Neil Tovey, who led the team to the 1996 title, feels Cape Verde are trickier than Africa's number-one ranked team Morocco.

WHAT HAPPENED?

“The biggest challenge Bafana have now is getting around [that it’s] Cape Verde,” Tovey told<a href="https://www.timeslive.co.za/sport/soccer/2024-02-02-cape-verde-a-tougher-game-than-against-morocco-bafanas-1996-captain-tovey/" target="_blank"> Times Live.</a>“In the other games, it’s sort of been, ‘How are Bafana going to do [against strong teams]?’ Whereas now everybody is saying, ‘Ah well, Cape Verde, population 500,000 or whatever’ and expecting them [to do well], but this is going to be a tougher game than against Morocco.“Because you go into that game [against Morocco] and if you do lose it, there wasn’t going to be as much said as if you lose against Cape Verde.“It’s about how Bafana go into the game and forget about what everyone else is talking about, go in there with the same attitude like it’s a Nigeria, Morocco or Egypt. Then they will start on a good note."

WHAT TOVEY SAID

What could worry Bafana Bafana is how Cape Verde performed in the group stage of this Afcon edition.The Blue Sharks edged Ghana 2-1 before convincingly beating Mozambique 3-0 while also drawing 2-2 with Egypt.That makes them serious Afcon contenders as they also beat Mauritania 1-0 in the Round of 16.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Bafana are wrapping up preparations to face Cape Verde on Saturday and Broos would want his men to be sharp for the important quarter-final showdown.The Belgian would need all his men to be fit for Saturday's game as he went to this tournament with just 23 men unlike other teams that carried up to 27 players.

WHAT NEXT FOR BAFANA?

Bafana Bafana's biggest Afcon 2023 test so far? South Africa legend Tovey convinced Cape Verde are tougher than Morocco | Goal.com Nigeria

Former Bafana Bafana captain Neil Tovey has rated the current team&apos;s chances of further progressing on the current Africa Cup of Nations finals. 

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