Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter has defended his decision to call up China-based Dino Ndlovu to the squad to face the Seychelles in back-to-back 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers this month. Baxter has said in the past that Ndlovu’s previous league in Azerbaijan was ‘‘probably not the best in the world"‚ but it seems he does not have similarly strong views about the Chinese league after he named Ndlovu on Monday in the squad to face the islanders. The Briton said with SuperSport United striker Bradley Grobler out injured he viewed Ndlovu as an able replacement in the two must-win games. ‘‘We have got Bradley out and we are looking for a striker. You look at the strikers that are hitting the back of the net regularly. Dino is doing that‚" Baxter said. ‘‘Now I think against a team like the Seychelles we will need a bit of muscle. ‘‘We have Lebo [Mothiba] and we have Dino. We will need a bit of guile and we have Percy [Tau]‚ and we will need pace and we have Phakamani [Ma...
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