France, Feb. 10 -- South Africa head coach Hugo Broos and his Democratic Republic of Congo counterpart Sebastien Desabre on Friday urged their players to make one last push for relative glory and claim third place at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

South Africa lost in a penalty shoot-out to Nigeria at the Stade de la Paix in Bouake in the first semi-final on Wednesday while DRC went down 1-0 to Cote d'Ivoirea few hours later at the Alassane Outtara Stadium in Abidjan.

They will play on Saturday night at the Stade Felix Houphouet-Boignyin Abidjan.

"The result will depend a little bit on which team has recovered mentally from what happened in the semi-finals," said Broos. "It was also a disappointing evening from the DRC.

"I hope that ...