Preview: Bafana vs Morocco
Bafana Bafana take on North African giants Morocco in their final Group D game at the African Cup of Nations as Stuart Baxter’s men look to book their spot in the tournament’s knockout stages, writes DEAN WORKMAN.
Bafana Bafana take on North African giants Morocco in their final Group D game at the African Cup of Nations as Stuart Baxter’s men look to book their spot in the tournament’s knockout stages, writes DEAN WORKMAN.
Bafana Bafana duo Percy Tau and Bongani Zungu insists that the team will play to their full potential when they take on Morocco in their final African Cup of Nations Group D encounter on Monday.
Morocco progressed to the African Cup of Nations knockout stages with a narrow win over the Ivory Coast, while South Africa and Tunisia kept their hopes of advancing alive with a win over Namibia and a draw against Mali respectively.
Three of the favourites to lift the 2019 African Cup of Nations (Afcon), Morocco, Senegal and Algeria got their campaigns off to winning starts on Sunday.
Legendary South African defender Lucas Radebe has insisted that fans need to be realistic about the team’s chances as there are ‘stronger teams’ than Bafana Bafana at Afcon 2019.
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Former Bafana Bafana coach Jomo Sono believes that the South African national side will qualify for the knockout stages of Afcon 2019, saying that their group in not difficult.
Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter believes his team will compete to qualify for the knockout stages at Afcon 2019 despite having been drawn in the so called ‘group of death’.
Bafana Bafana have been drawn in Group D in the African Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournament following the conclusion of the draw in Cairo on Friday evening.
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) announced on Friday that Cameroon were stripped of the hosting rights for the African Cup of Nations in 2019 due to security and infrastructure concerns.