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'Baxter's Afcon squad balanced' - Aaron Mokoena

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'This squad is one of the most balanced squad I have seen in recent times. You've got a fair number of overseas-based players and the local guys were also not overlooked,' Mokoena told Sowetan yesterday. SihleNdebeleSK

Aaron Mokoena has praised Stuart Baxter for his selections. / Samuel Shivambu/BackpagePix

While Baxter has received a backlash over excluding the likes of Aubrey Modiba, Lebo Phiri and Thapelo Morena among others, from his provisional Afcon team, Mokoena has leaped to the Bafana coach's defence.

 

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