After labouring all evening and getting no result against visiting Zebras of Botswana in Benin City, Eagles coach Stephen Keshi stated that the South Africans have all it takes to go far in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

Botswana played a compact game and made no mistake in the defense to deny the Eagles the much needed victory. The Zebras proved their qualification for the Nations Cup at the expense of Tunisia was not a fluke.

“I never looked at them (Botswana) as underdogs. They beat Tunisia home and away and qualified with two games to the end of qualifying series. They are no pushovers,” he praised.

“If it weren’t because of the way we played, if we had given them even the slightest opportunity to play, they would have done much better.

“It’s just that we were in their faces all the time and we didn’t let them play. That is why they were defending all the time.

They are a very good team and I think they will do well at the Cup of Nations.”