The coach of the local Black Stars Herbert Addo said the Amabinneplaas of South Africa did not win their opening game against Ghana but they lost it due to own mistakes.
\nThe south Africans came from a goal down to carry the day in a 2-1 victory at the Stade Wad Madany on Saturday.
\n\u201cWe had all the play in the first half and were in charge really and I was happy with that but football is a strange game and we conceded goals from what were largely our own mistakes and that cost us. Football is football and it can happen like that,\u201d Addo admitted in a post-match interview.
\nThe Ghanaian tactician is hopeful the 2009 silver medallists would pick up in their next two games to progress to the quarter-finals.
\n\u201cThere is still two football games left still and we can still make it, if we win the upcoming games. We could have done better here and you know the playing field was not suitable for football really, I am not using that as an excuse after-all it was the same for South Africa but we picked up two injuries which are largely because of the poor playing surface. South Africa made the most of the conditions and we did not.\u201d
\nIn the other Group B match debutants Niger shocked Zimbabwe with a 1-0 victory. Group winners and runners-up qualify for the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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