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South Africa coach Stuart Baxter has claimed that Bafana Bafana defenders will not man-mark Odion Ighalo when they face Nigeria in Wednesday evening’s Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal clash in Cairo.<\/p>\n

The former Watford striker has been Nigeria’s most influential player at the ongoing tournament, having a hand in four (3 goals, 1 assists) of the five goals scored by the three-time African champions.<\/p>\n

And Baxter has revealed that one of the ways to nullify Ighalo’s threat is simply to cut off supply to the Super Eagles number 9.<\/p>\n

”We don\u2019t make individual plans for players in terms of man marking. We would solve that as a team,” Baxter said.<\/p>\n

”We would make it difficult for them (Nigeria) to play quality balls to their strikers and would defend like we normally defend.<\/p>\n

”That is part of the ways you can make individual strategies to certain players. Being a central striker, Ighalo will fall into the back four as a unit, and we\u2019ll screen the midfield which will make it difficult for him.”<\/p>\n

Ighalo specializes in scoring from inside the penalty area and all his international goals have come from inside the box with the exception of his opener in a 4-0 win vs Cameroon in September 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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