Having learnt the hard way with just 20,000 fans attending Bafana Bafana’s last World Cup qualifier against Burkina Faso‚ the South African Football Association (Safa) has already started selling tickets for November’s clash against Senegal. Safa released details of ticket sale venues and prices on Wednesday‚ a full three weeks before Bafana’s all-important match against Senegal on November 10 at Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane. Unlike the tickets for the Johannesburg game against Burkina Faso at FNB Stadium‚ which started selling at R100 and were reduced to R50 when it became apparent that the fans were voting with their feet‚ tickets for the Polokwane clash have gone on sale at R30. Fans showed their displeasure with their reluctance to buy tickets for the game against Burkina Faso after the national team put their Russia 2018 chances in jeopardy with poor back-to-back defeats against Cape Verde in September. The match against Senegal should draw big numbers given that the natio...

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