Bafana Bafana may well be on their way home from the Africa Cup of Nations after a 1-0 loss against Morocco on Monday. The defeat confirms a third-placed finish in Group D and coach Stuart Baxter can now only rely on a tenuous hope that the results in the remaining games do not usurp South Africa as one of the top four third-place finishers.
Neither looked overly eager to create and the game devolved into a stuttering affair as the referee was forced to resort to his whistle seemingly every minute. Morocco in particular, showed no hesitation in putting their studs in when the opportunity arose. Younès Belhanda would drive the ball straight at Ronwen Williams a few minutes later, providing the first hint of goalkeeping work for the night and the last highlight of the opening stanza.
By the hour mark Achraf Hakimi would hammer the post from 25-yards with a spectacular shot after beautiful lead-up play. Youssef En-Nesyri, a few minutes later, rounded Williams but couldn’t convert his off-balance shot.
This thing of not giving you a clear rules before the tournament starts will always make admins fumbles like this. CAF r clever & always protects N Africa Squards. Goal average doesn't have to be explained by CAF & it had never depended on no. of goals scored unless there's ties
WRONG!
Not yet
They must just come back home, we’ll go fishing with them, at least at sea, they’ll catch a lot of sardines in their nets than they can ever score in their lifetime... wozani bo... 🎣🚤
They will be an embarrassment anyway if they go through
Get rid of Khoza and Danny Jordan see soccer flourish in SA. For as long as those are still there, we are not going anywhere!!!
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