The Bafana Bafana team vs Namibia at Afcon 2023. Photo: (@BafanaBafana/Facebook)
‘I woke up so tired’- Bafana star
South Africa’s Bafana Bafana team have made us so proud at Afcon 2023. How was it for the players after the game?
The Bafana Bafana team vs Namibia at Afcon 2023. Photo: (@BafanaBafana/Facebook)
Bafana Bafana are planing for the final 16 round. Was it a heavy toil on the players as it looked on television?
Teboho Mokoena is suggesting it was worse.
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Group E battles ended on Wednesday night with Bafana sitting second.
Thanks to a 4-0 win over Namibia and 0-0 draw with Tunisia.
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Accroding to Mokoena, the battle was a deep grind.
“Today, even when I woke up in the morning, I woke up so tired, but we had to fight for this game so that we can go to the next round,” said Mokoena via SABC.
“So I think everyone, from the bench and those who started the game, we put in a shift and I think we deserve to be where we are now,” the Mamelodi Sundowns star added.
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MOROCCO VS SOUTH AFRICA
The result has now set up Bafana with group F winners of Group F in the final 16 next week.
The fixture is set for Tuesday, 30 January, at 22:00. The venue will be the Stade de San Pédro.
The last meeting between Bafana Bafana and the Atlas Lions was in qualifiers of the same tournament last year.
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Morocco won the first leg 2-1 in Rabat, while South Africa won the second leg in Durban with the same scoreline in Johannesburg.
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