Africa-Press – Angola. Senegal coach Ngagne Diop stated on Monday in Luanda that Nigeria, their opponent at 7 p.m. on the 20th in the quarterfinals of Afrobasket 2025, is within his team’s reach.
The match will be played at the Kilamba pavilion between teams with varying backgrounds in this 31st edition of the continental event.
Nigeria qualified directly from the group stage, while Senegal had to compete in the play-offs to qualify.
To achieve this, they defeated favorite South Sudan 78-65 on Monday, in what could be considered the most surprising result of this competition, which began on the 12th in Luanda and Namibe.Speaking to the press after the match against South Sudan, he acknowledged that it won’t be an easy game, but that Senegal will enter the match to win the semifinals.
Ngagne Diop stated that the strategy involves a better approach in the first two quarters of the match and then managing the result, acknowledging that the Nigerians are very quick and accurate, especially on the outside.
In turn, South Sudan’s national coach, Loul Deng, said that all the work for the competition has been done and that he regrets failing to reach the goal of qualifying for the quarterfinals.
He stated that the team must recover and continue working for the future.
“We did everything we could to get the result, but our opponent was better,” he lamented.
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