Following his side’s 5-3 penalty shootout win over South Africa in the semifinal of the Cosafa Cup on Wednesday, Zambia coach Herve Renard says his side were extremely lucky.

The match ended goalless after 120 minutes of football, but South Africa dominated the second half proceedings at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola as they struck the woodwork on two occasions.

Renard admitted his team were lucky to get the better of Bafana and cited Zambia as his teams’ lucky hunting ground.

“I think it was a very tough game,” said Renard.

“We played a very good game in the first half, but physically South Africa are very strong and we couldn’t find a lot of opportunities.

“They were unlucky in the second half, they hit the bar two times.

“I think there is something in Zambia, I don’t know what but for the third time we are qualifying on penalties, we won the Africa cup on penalties.

“Now we are going to the final, the most important thing is to win the final not to be in it.”
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