In Bafana Bafana’s 350th outing this Tuesday, they will take on Angola
There will be some significance to Bafana Bafana’s friendly internationals against Guinea-Bissau on Saturday and Angola on Tuesday as the games will mark the 349th and the 350th time the team has taken to the field to represent SA. Caretaker coach Owen da Gama leads the country in what is another milestone for the national side as they approach 25 years since readmission to international football. It took the team five years after their international bow against Cameroon in July 1992 to reach 50 matches‚ but since then matches have come ever quicker‚ with the last 50 taking just three years and six months. It would take the side seven years after readmission to reach a century of matches‚ with their 100th a 2-1 loss to Republic of Ireland in the Nike Cup in the US in June 2000. Shaun Bartlett got Bafana’s goal that day. And almost seven years to that day, they played their 200th game‚ a thumping 4-0 victory over Chad in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in June 2007. Sibusiso Zuma ...
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