Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis has raised fatigue concerns ahead of their clash with Nigeria’s Super Falcons.. South Africa will meet the Super Falcons in the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) semi-finals on Tuesday at Stade Larbi Zaouli in Casablanca, Morocco.. The reigning WAFCON struggled to overcome a stubborn Senegal side and had to rely on penalties to progress into the last four stage.. After 90 minutes and extra-time ended goalless, Banyana Banyana went on to win 4-1 on penalties with goalkeeper Andile Dlamini making two saves.. Ellis’ side will go up against a Super Falcons side that demolished Copper Queens of Zambia 5-0 last week Friday.. Also Read: WAFCON 2024: We Know How To Beat Super Falcons — South Africa Coach Ellis. The semifinal clash between the two powerhouses will be hugely anticipated after Banyana Banyana beat Nigeria in the group stage of the 2022 Wafcon, also in Morocco.. The Super Falcons avenged the loss by ousting South Africa 1-0 on aggregate in the qualifiers for the Paris 2024 Olympics.. Ellis feels her players may not have had enough time to recover for the Tuesday contest.. “We are not thinking about Nigeria right now, we will think about the next match tomorrow [on Sunday]. Let’s celebrate what we have done,” Ellis told the media after the match on Saturday (via Sowetan Live).. “We won’t overthink anything because we want to celebrate what we have done and that’s what we do. As a technical team, we are already standing on one side talking about how we are going to plan and how we are going to prepare because 120 minutes with a day less to prepare and a day to travel takes a lot.”. Ellis also praised Banyana’s resilience against Senegal and hopes to see the same against Nigeria on Tuesday.. “We have been practising penalties and we knew who our kickers were going to be and that’s why we made the changes we made. We always knew that Andile could save one or two; she had done [that] before.. “This was our first penalty shoot-out victory in the Wafcon; we lost it in 2006 and 2018 finals. I don’t have enough words to describe this team – the resilience, the courage, the never-say-die attitude and the willingness to fight for each other.. “No matter what they threw at us, we were able to withstand it.”. By James Agberebi