AFRICAN QUALIFIERS AWAIT
Coach hunter Benni out of loop on Bafana choice
South African Football Association (Safa) technical committee member Benni McCarthy said on Tuesday he is as much in the dark as the rest of the country about the search for a new Bafana Bafana coach. His disclosure will come as a shock to South African football fans as the former Bafana striker is supposed to be a member of a team that was tasked with finding the new man. "I thought I was part of a group that was doing good to find the new coach for Bafana, but I simply just don’t know what has happened‚" a candid McCarthy said on Tuesday. "What has stalled the process and this situation is a major bummer. There were good candidates and I was expecting that by now there would be a coach. "But clearly, there is a hold-up somewhere, but I don’t know the reason. I am in the same boat as you guys in the media." Bafana have been without a coach since Ephraim "Shakes" Mashaba’s sacking in December. The new coach will have to hit the ground running as Bafana have a daunting away Africa Na...
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