AFCON QUALIFIERS
Stuart Baxter backs his son for Bafana post
Stuart Baxter says he will be "massively disappointed and surprised" if there is a public backlash over him roping in his son, Lee Baxter, as goalkeeper-coach for Bafana Bafana’s Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier against Libya.Lee Baxter, goalkeeper-coach at Kaizer Chiefs where he instructs Bafana’s No1, Itumeleng Khune, has come into the squad for the Group E qualifier at Moses Mabhida Stadium on Saturday as a replacement for Andre Arendse.Baxter said Arendse, not a permanent national goalkeeper-coach, had to withdraw because of family matters.Baxter’s squad went from injury-depleted on Monday with the withdrawals of Bongani Zungu and Themba Zwane, to injury-ravaged with Hlompho Kekana pulling out and Lebogang Mothiba almost certainly out pending a scan arriving from his Ligue1 club, Strasbourg.Baxter’s decision to bring in Lee, who the coach had unsuccessfully requested to have as goalkeeping coach when he was negotiating for the Bafana job in early 2017, is guaranteed to r...
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