Ahead of Bafana Bafana sleepwalking through their morning training session on Tuesday‚ centreback Morgan Gould pronounced that the crowds would come for Saturday’s World Cup qualifier against Burkina Faso at FNB Stadium. With SA resembling a high school side who had just had a tongue-lashing and were sulking their way through the session‚ and elsewhere an official confiding that Safa was struggling to give away tickets‚ Gould’s seemed a statement motivated by sheer bravado. Perhaps an empty FNB Stadium would be exactly what the national team deserve. Gould‚ though‚ shunted to the forefront of Bafana’s central defence by injuries and suspensions‚ said he still expected a decent attendance. Subsequent information has been that so far, 300 tickets have been sold for the 94,000-seat venue. "I don’t think we’re going to see the orange seats because people are going to come out in their numbers supporting us‚" Gould pronounced. "The less [empty seats] the better. But even if that’s not th...
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