Mosimane: Hotto Discloses How the South African Tactician Inspired His Historic Goal Against Tunisia

• Deon Hotto has explained how he drew inspiration from Pitso Mosimane going into the tie with Tunisia
• The Orlando Pirates forward scored the goal that gave the Brave Warriors their first win in AFCON history
• The Brave Warriors will face Bafana Bafana of South Africa in their next group game in the competition

Orlando Pirates star Deon Hotto has disclosed how South African manager, Pitso Mosimane, inspired him to his historic goal for Namibia against Tunisia.

The Namibian forward led his nation to their first win in the Africa Cup of Nations history against Tunisia on Tuesday evening.

The Bucs star scored in the closing stages of the game to seal all three points for the Brave Warriors against the Carthage Eagles.

In an interview after the match, according to iDiskiTimes, Hotto explained how Mosimane was the source of inspiration going into their game against the 2004 African champions.

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"[This win] shows that if you just put in the hard work, it will pay off; there is a tweet that I read from coach Pitso Mosimane on Sunday; 'Football is a game of tactics and organisation, professionalism and hard work'," he said.

The Pirates star went further to disclose how three elements can make a team difficult to beat.

"If you have those three things, it's hard to beat a team against that, and today we showed, we battled together, we learned together, we moved as a team, and yes, there are moments where we were shaken, but we kept our heads cool."

Namibia's next group game would be against 1998 champions South Africa on Sunday, January 21, at the Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium, Korhogo.

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South Africa lost their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations opener against the Eagles 2-0, with Tau missing a first-half penalty.

Mosimane, who was one of SuperSport TV's pundits for the game, reacted to the miss from his former player.