BAFANA Bafana have lost only one qualifier away from home since Shakes Mashaba took over as coach in 2014, but this record does not scare South African-based Burkina Faso defender Robert Sankara.In fact, the Bloemfontein Celtic player has issued a strong warning to Bafana ahead of their opening 2018 Fifa World Cup group D qualifier in Ouagadougou on Saturday (8pm South African time)."We are going to make it difficult for them. We are going to fight until the last second for our people, to make sure we win the game. Our supporters are always coming to the stadium and we will be going for three points and nothing else. So, it won’t be easy for SA," said Sankara, who did not play any part in his country’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifying campaign.Sankara has been included in Burkina Faso’s squad to face Bafana on Saturday.Despite being confident of a victory, the tough-tackling defender acknowledged it would not be a walk in the park against Mashaba’s men."SA is not a smal...
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