Bafana Bafana have been set on a potential collision course with Mozambique after the draw was made for the 2018 Cosafa Cup, to be staged in Limpopo from May 27-June 9. SA‚ who are likely to send a young squad under coach Stuart Baxter‚ are one of six seeded sides and so only enter the competition in the quarterfinal stage. They will face the winner of Group A‚ which contains Mozambique‚ Madagascar‚ Comoros and Seychelles. The Mambas will be favourites to advance from that pool‚ though the Malagasy have proved tricky opponents in past editions of the regional showpiece competition. The quarterfinal clash will be played on June 2 at the old Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane. Defending champions Zimbabwe will take on the winner of Group B in their last eight fixture‚ a much tougher pool to call. It contains 2016 runners-up Botswana‚ Angola‚ Mauritius and the unpredictable Malawians. That game will be played a day later at the same venue. The other two quarterfinals see 2017’s runners-...
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