Bafana Bafana returned home on Sunday with the noticeable swagger of champions after winning a tournament in Zambia that coach Stuart Baxter never wanted to participate in. Baxter wanted Bafana to travel to the King’s Cup in Thailand where his charges would have met the hosts‚ Slovakia and UAE in this week’s Fifa international window. His beleaguered South African Football Association (Safa) employers sent the team to Zambia instead and Baxter will be delighted that they forced his hand after his charges beat the hosts 2-0 to lift the Four Nations tournament trophy at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola on Saturday. A Percy Tau goal in the 15th minute and a 90th-minute clincher from substitute Lebogang Mothiba gave the South Africans victory. The Briton said he managed to make the most of his team’s participation in the tournament and achieved his primary objective of blooding youngsters into the Bafana camp as he begins the process of rebuilding the Bafana Bafana side. "Our objective w...
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