Phiri sets his sights on nailing down a permanent place in the Bafana starting lineup

The France-based player‚ who earns a living at Guingamp in Ligue 2‚ was one of the few shining lights on the pitch after a pedestrian Bafana laboured to a narrow 1-0 win against the 128th-ranked visitors.

“It was the greatest of feelings‚” said Phiri after starting a game for Bafana and scoring his first goal in six international matches. He played in a more advanced and offensive position in the park‚ linking up well with Percy Tau and Thulani Serero as Bafana tried to ask questions of the visitors' rearguard.

“Well I think each and every performance is important‚ especially in the national team‚ because we get four or five call-ups per year‚" he said."So club football has to keep us on that consistent level and when we come to the national team‚ we just have to do our level best and keep building on the performance that we have at club level.

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