{"id":147638,"date":"2024-02-05T12:11:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T12:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/05\/south-africa-keeper-saves-4-penalties-to-win-qf-shootout\/"},"modified":"2024-02-05T12:11:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T12:11:14","slug":"south-africa-keeper-saves-4-penalties-to-win-qf-shootout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/05\/south-africa-keeper-saves-4-penalties-to-win-qf-shootout\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa Keeper Saves 4 Penalties&#8230; To Win QF Shootout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Ronwen Williams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>South Africa goalkeeper, Ronwen Williams, saved four penalties in the post-match shootout against the Cape Verde Islands to carry his country into the last four of the Africa Cup of Nations after a 0-0 draw in their quarter-final on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Mothobi Mvala scored the decisive kick to make it 2-1 on penalties and win South Africa a semi-final place for the first time since 2000 but they were fortunate to get past the smallest nation in the tournament at Charles Konan Banny Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa now take on Nigeria in Bouake in their semi-final on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>It was a game full of missed opportunities but Cape Verde, that has a population of 600,000 but draw most of their players from a large diaspora in Europe, had most of the chances and were only denied a last-four place by the heroics of Williams.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa survived several scares with Williams making a brilliant save to take the game into extra time, before continuing his heroics in the shootout by saving four of the five kicks taken by the Cape Verdians.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa dominated the early exchanges but went off the boil after the cooling break, midway through the half, and it was Cape Verde who finished the first half strongly.<\/p>\n<p>They could have been ahead had captain Ryan Mendes taken his chance as the ball fell favourably for him in the box but after several touches to get into a shooting position, his effort was blocked.<\/p>\n<p>There was an even better opportunity for Garry Rodrigues when he was free on goal after breaking down the left but he hit a soft shot straight at Williams.<\/p>\n<p>Another chance for Rodrigues in the 70th minute as South Africa failed to clear a corner was blocked, and Kenny Rocha and Jovane Cabral also came close minutes after.<\/p>\n<p>But they should have sewn it up in stoppage time when Gilson Benchimol got goalside of the defenders and onto the end of a pass from the midfield, hitting the ball perfectly on the half volley but Williams made an outstanding save, deflecting the ball onto the woodwork and collecting the rebound.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ronwen Williams \u00a0 South Africa goalkeeper, Ronwen Williams, saved four penalties in the post-match shootout against the Cape Verde Islands to carry his country into the last four of the Africa Cup of Nations after a 0-0 draw in their quarter-final on Saturday. 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