Johannesburg,South Africa

Bafana Bafana,a South African men national team proceeds to quarterfinals of the Africa Cup of Nations(AFCON) after beating Morocco 2-0 on Tuesday night at Laurent Pokou Stadium.

Nobody was expecting that an unknown South African national team can beat the Moroccans which has a squad that comprises players that plays in major football leagues across Europe.

The South African winning squad for the night was made of ten players which are based in South Africa and those players play for the likes of Mamelodi Sundowns,Orlando Pirates etc.

Bafana Bafana was very aggressive and attacking from the first minutes of the game up until the last minute of the game and that help them overpower the Atlas Lions.

The goals for South Africa scored in the second-half by Evidence Makgopa on the 57th minutes and the sealing goal was scored by Teboho Mokoena in an 90+ minutes of the game.

And those two goals were enough for Hugo Broos' boys to bury the Moroccans alive in a match that very not easy for South Africans.

On the 84th minutes,the Atlas Lions were awarded a penalty which was taken by Hakim Ziyech but he failed to convert it to the back of the net.

On the 90+5 minutes,the Moroccan defensive midfielder Amrabat got a red card after playing rough Teboho Mokoena next to the eighteen area.

Amrabat's poor defending tactic has opened flood gates for his side because Bafana Bafana was awarded a free-kick which was taken by Mokoena and he scored it and that dashed all hopes for Atlas Lions.

After winning last night,South Africa joined the last eight teams which comprises the likes of Nigeria,Angola,Cape Verde,Mali,Ivory Coast,DR Congo and Guinea.

South Africa will face Cape Verde

Bafana Bafana still has long mountain ahead in the next round as will face the Cape Verde which emerged as one of the most dangerous squad in this competition.

South Africa will play against Cape Verde where both teams will be fighting their spot on the semi-finals and that match will be played on 3 February.

To reach this far,in Group E,South Africa played against the likes of Mali,Namibia and Tunisia in the group stages-it won one,lost one and drew one and that one was enough to book their spot in the last 16.

In Group B,Cape Verde finished the group stages matches in top by seven points after winning two matches and drew one before proceeding to the last 16.

In the last 16,Cape Verde defeated Mauritania with a low margin score of 1-0,the winning goal for Cape Verde was scored by Ryan Mendez on the 87th minutes in a penalty spot.

Other AFCON's last 16 round results

Angola won against its Southern African side Namibia by three goals to nil,Nigeria punished Cameroon by two goals to nil,Guinea defeated its neighbours by one goal to nil,DR Congo eliminated Egypt during penalty shootout after 1-1 draw in an extra-time,Ivory Coast eliminated Senegal during penalty shootouts and Mali defeated Burkina Faso 2-1.