The result sends Bafana Bafana crashing out the CHAN 2014 tournament, a bitter disappointment for coach Gordon Igesund, his players and the thousands of supporters who flocked to Cape Town Stadium for the match against the Super Eagles.
Parker, who scored from the penalty spot, to give Bafana some level of hope in the game said: “I think today we fought hard and we went into tackles and battled hard.
“But the Nigerian guys were just stronger than us and they won every dual.
“They also won all the second balls and every time we tried to compete with them, physically, we ended up making mistakes.
“Then when we made mistakes they would capitalise on our mistakes.”
Parker, a veteran of the team with over 60 caps and 22 goals, paints quite a clear picture of where South African football is right now.
As pacey and skillful as many of the Bafana players are, if you cannot compete physically then powerful teams like Nigeria will eat you for breakfast.
In many areas of Sunday’s encounter, Nigeria were totally dominant and, as Parker says, just too strong in the one on one duals.
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