South Africa takes the bronze medal. This Saturday evening, Bafana Bafana won against the Democratic Republic of Congo in the small final of CAN 2024 during the penalty shootout (0-0 / 6-5 after TAB).
Author of a nice course, the DRC finally finished at the foot of the podium. After the meeting, at the microphone of Canal +Leopards captain Chancel Mbemba could not hide his disappointment as he missed a decisive penalty. “Our chance has run out. We played our match from start to finish and we pushed. Afterwards, we went to penalties and it was luck. It’s like that. We missed it and we assume, life is like that. It did not work. We worked on this in training and yet today, look at reality. »
Before adding: “We don’t deserve to finish fourth, but that’s football. The next CAN in 2025, we will try to qualify and we will see. The work allowed us to build a group. Without work, we wouldn’t have gotten here, we started well and we prepared well. But it’s a shame this 4th place. »
Chancel Mbemba back in the OM group on Thursday?
It’s the end of the African Cup of Nations for South Africa and the DRC. And who says the end, says the return of Chancel Mbemba to Olympique de Marseille. Gennaro Gattuso would like to get his player back as quickly as possible as important deadlines approach.
Will he be in the Marseille group this Thursday for the trip to Shakhtar for the 1/16 finals of the Europa League? Nothing is less sure. The Congolese captain could have a few days of rest before returning to the group.
