Stuart Baxter will no longer coach the national team for the African Nations Championship (Chan)‚ handing over that task to his assistant, Thabo Senong. The South African Football Association (Safa) decided that Baxter cannot afford the time for the two-leg tie against Zambia in August to qualify for the January 2018 finals in Kenya. SA will host the first leg of the final round qualifier on August 12 and play the return match in Zambia a week later. The dates conflict with the kick-off of the new Premier Soccer League season and Safa will have to again beg for players to put together a team. "We will probably look again at the under-20 side to provide the backbone of this selection and that is why it is better that Thabo take charge‚" explained Safa president Danny Jordaan. Senong coached the South African side at May’s U-20 World Cup in South Korea and was assistant over the past two weekends as Baxter led a makeshift national team to a 3-0 aggregate victory over Botswana in the f...
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