WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS
Baxter knows only a miracle can save Bafana now
It is becoming increasingly unlikely Bafana Bafana will qualify for the 2018 World Cup, and coach Stuart Baxter has conceded that he is not ready to start thinking about the kind of reception he is likely to get should Burkina Faso extinguish SA’s faint hopes at FNB Stadium on Saturday. Bafana host the Group D leaders in a must-win World Cup qualifier that could either end SA’s slim hopes of qualifying, or continue to feed the illusion that they can somehow find a way to Russia. The back-to-back defeats to Cape Verde in September have condemned Bafana to the foot of the group table, and Baxter is well aware the South Africans will need the stars to align perfectly if they are to rescue their faltering campaign. "I do not want to have too many thoughts‚" Baxter said about Saturday’s game.
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