Angola pull out of training match at last minute dealing a blow to the national side's preparations
Bafana Bafana’s preparations ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations opening match against Ivory Coast next week were dealt a blow after Angola pulled out of a training match hours before kick off.
“Angola has cancelled today’s practice match with Bafana Bafana, citing lack of training as the reason. Angola says they have not had any training since arriving in Egypt two days ago‚” it was announced on @BafanaBafana twitter account.Baxter’s squad has had one tough training match so far and it is debatable if the friendly against Ghana was enough to iron out whatever kinks that may still exist for the start of the tournament.
“We were hoping to stay here for a long time and obviously the pre-tournament camp has been pretty good‚” said Furman after the team’s first training session in Egypt. Bafana will face 1992 and 2015 champions Ivory Coast and 1976 winners Morocco in group D. Namibia are the fourth team in the group.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Bafana's preparations ahead of Afcon opening match dealt a massive blowBafana Bafana's preparations ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) opening match against Ivory Coast next week have been dealt a massive blow after Angola pulled out of a training match just hours before kick off.
Read more »
Siyabonga Nomvethe receives honorary doctorate in SportFormer Bafana Bafana and AmaZulu striker Siyabonga Nomvethe received an honorary doctorate in Sport from St Paul Bible Institute on Tuesday.
Read more »
Siyabonga Nomvethe receives honorary doctorate in SportFormer Bafana Bafana and AmaZulu striker Siyabonga Nomvethe received an honorary doctorate in Sport from St Paul Bible Institute on Tuesday.
Read more »
US businesses beg to be left off Trump’s tariff listCompanies warn of dire effects from plan to slap tariffs on another $300bn of Chinese imports
Read more »
Sarri takes charge at Juventus after leaving ChelseaMaurizio Sarri was named new coach of Juventus on Sunday after his exit from Chelsea following a troubled single campaign in London.
Read more »