Influential Bafana Bafana midfielder Themba Zwane is confident they can match Morocco at the Afcon tournament. Image: (@BafanaBafana/Twitter)
Influential Zwane confident Bafana can match Morocco
Bafana Bafana’s influential playmaker Themba Zwane is confident the team can match the much fancied Morocco on Tuesday night.
Influential Bafana Bafana midfielder Themba Zwane is confident they can match Morocco at the Afcon tournament. Image: (@BafanaBafana/Twitter)
Creative and influential playmaker Themba Zwane is confident Bafana Bafana can match Morocco whom they face on Tuesday night in the Afcon Round of 16 contest.
The Mamelodi Sundowns and Bafana playmaker, Zwane says the team coached by Hugo Broos has shown its quality and will look to be influential in the match.
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Boasting two goals and two Man of the Match accolades at Afcon, the influential Zwane says Bafana must just push to secure a victory over their North African counterparts, Morocco.
In their previous match, Bafana delivered a professional and gutsy display to draw goalless against Tunisia in their last Group E clash on Wednesday – a confident and influential Zwane is now ready for Morocco.
INFLUENTIAL ZWANE CONFIDENT BAFANA CAN MATCH MOROCCO
Nicknamed Mshishi, the 34-year-old influential Zwane also looks at his CAF Champions League experience with Sundowns and hopes it will be vital against Morocco.
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“In terms of quality, we’ve shown it. We have the quality to compete against any team,” an influential and confident Zwane said ahead of the Morocco clash.
“We play in the Champions League and we know that the level is higher here [than in the Champions League] but we really can compete and go forward.
“We will try to push ourselves.”
The highly awaited match between Bafana and Morocco will be played at Stade Laurent Pokou in San Pedro on Tuesday at 10:00 p.m. (SA Time)
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In a related piece, The South African reported that as Bafana are fresh from another clash against a North African opponent, Tunisia, skipper Ronwen Williams is fully aware they have to fight harder.
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“We have progressed to the next round which is what we wanted but we haven’t achieved or won anything yet,” an ambitious and influential Bafana skipper per Sowetan.
“We are happy that we have progressed but there is so much more we want to achieve as a team.
“When we sit in the lounge or in our rooms watching the game to get the feel of what this Afcon is about.
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“We learnt the hard way in the first game where we lost to Mali and from there we had to show a different side to us.”
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