{"id":105467,"date":"2019-07-08T14:54:20","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T13:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=105467"},"modified":"2019-07-08T14:54:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T13:54:20","slug":"afcon-2019-bafana-bafana-will-only-get-better-ronwen-williams-warns-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/afcon-2019-bafana-bafana-will-only-get-better-ronwen-williams-warns-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Afcon 2019: Bafana Bafana will only get better &#8211; Ronwen Williams warns Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South African goalkeeper Ronwen Williams believes Bafana Bafana will only get better at the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals in Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>Bafana kept their hopes of winning their second Afcon title alive by eliminating the tournament hosts Egypt in the Round of 16 on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The 1996 African champions had a slow start to the continental competition having recorded two defeats and one victory during their group stage campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Williams feels their poor preparation affected the team&#8217;s performance as they played only one friendly match, against the Black Stars of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Other teams played three or four games. As coach Baxter said, we\u2019re using this tournament as preparation. The further we go, the better we will get.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The SuperSport United shot-stopper was surprisingly dropped by Bafana head coach Stuart Baxter ahead of the team&#8217;s clash with Namibia which South Africa won on June 28.<\/p>\n<p>Williams had done well during the Southern African giants&#8217; opening Group D defeat to Ivory Coast on June 24, but he was replaced by Bidvest Wits keeper Darren Keet in goal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s part of the game, the coach explained his reason. I didn\u2019t let that keep me down. I stayed positive and mentally strong,&#8221; he revealed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I continued working hard at training. 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