FIXTURESSaturday Group ASouth Africa vs Cape V Islands    18:00    SS4Angola vs Morocco 21:00    SS4SundayGroup BGhana  vs Congo DR    17:00 SS4Mali    vs    Niger 20:00  SS4JOHANNESBURG - South Africa coach Gordon Igesund says he is confident that his players can defy the odds and win the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time since 1996.The hosts meet debutants Cape Verde in the opening match of the tournament today.Bafana Bafana have not won a Nations Cup game since the 2004 finals in Tunisia.Igesund has also had to deal with criticism levelled at his team due to recent poor form in friendly matches.The 2010 World Cup hosts warmed up for the tournament with a 1-0 defeat to Norway and a 0-0 draw with Algeria and are currently ranked 23rd in Africa."With a little bit of luck and if we start scoring goals, I think we can go all the way,” Igesund told reporters on Thursday."Hopefully, things go well for us and we get a bit of a roll going, especially with the support we are going to get behind us, 90,000 people in the [National] Stadium."It’s not an easy task. We’ve got to respect the teams around us. There are some very good teams here, but I think we’re very capable.”Igesund also admitted that he has never seen South Africa’s first Group A opponents Cape Verde play live.