Yesterday's round of AFCON qualifiers marked a huge upset for traditional African football
powerhouses Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt who saw their hopes of making it to the 2012 African
Cup of Nations end dramatically.
For Nigeria, a 2-2 draw at home against Guinea was not enough to see them through to the
finals.
I am not going to join the choir criticizing South Africa's Football Association (SAFA) or coach
for their inability to qualify to the African Nations Cup. No, instead I am going to commend the
coach, Pitso Mosimane, for his apparent strategic abilities: knowing (or thinking....) that 0-0
against Sierra Leone was enough to qualify, he decided to play on the result rather than a victory
against a
