Cautious Bafana coach Baxter wary of the artificial pitch in Seychelles
Bafana gained a morale-boosting 6-0 victory in the first leg with five different Bafana players — Thulani Hlatshwayo‚ Lebo Mothiba‚ Percy Tau‚ Dino Ndlovu‚ Teboho Mokeona — scoring the goals after Seychelles defender Nigel Hoareau had opened the scoring with a spectacular own goal at a rain-soaked FNB Stadium on Saturday. The South Africans are now top of Group E with seven points at the halfway mark of qualification‚ one point ahead of Nigeria‚ who also trashed Libya 4-0 in Uyo on Saturday. Baxter’s team need to repeat their demolition job on Seychelles on Tuesday to ensure that they are still in the driving seat when they host the Super Eagles in Johannesburg on November 16 in Johannesburg. Bafana would perhaps only need a point to unsure qualification for the Afcon finals in Cameroon in June next year if hand Seychelles another comprehensive thumping on Tuesday. “I spoke to the Nigerian coach (Gernot Rohr) when we were at the Fifa awards in London and he said their pitch (Seychel...
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