SA will go into camp on Saturday for their 2018 Cosafa Cup campaign‚ heading for Polokwane where the two-week tournament will be held. Coach Stuart Baxter’s side will only be involved from the second week‚ with their quarterfinal against the winner of first-round Group A to be played on June 3. But before then Baxter will have a precious week to work with the players‚ many new to the national team set-up, with the prospect of three matches should the side win their first knockout game. The side will train for the first time on Sunday and are planning a friendly against a local Limpopo club on Monday. They will play one of Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier opponents Seychelles‚ Comoros‚ Madagascar or Mozambique in their quarterfinal‚ most likely one of the latter two. The coming week will also be an excellent chance for Baxter to scout the Seychelles side‚ who Bafana Bafana will play in back-to-back Afcon qualifiers in October and are unlikely to be changed much from the full-s...
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