South Africa head coach Stuart Baxter plays down AFCON favourites tag

Baxter, though, was not about to be drawn into mind games as his side look to continue their progress – having only qualified for the knock-out stages ranked fourth of the best third-placed teams.

"Nigeria are absolutely one of the best teams on the continent and have been for a long time. One game doesn't make us favourites. I don't think he (Rohr) is fooling anybody," the South Africa coach said at a press conference.

"We'll be respecting Nigeria, but not fearing them. We will have to produce a very good South Africa performance to beat them."

Rohr will not underestimate the challenge ahead for the Super Eagles.

"When you beat a strong team like Egypt, you become the competition's favourite," he said.

"We have a huge game in front of us, therefore we are expecting a top quality match."

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