Watch | Bafana's Afcon draw could have been worse, says Broos
Bafana Bafana Belgian coach Hugo Broos was happy that South Africa avoided hosts Ivory Coast at the official draw for next year's Afcon tournament.
This is the second time in a short space that South Africa and neighbours Namibia are featured in the same pool, as was the case at the 2019 Afcon in Egypt.Bafana, who failed to qualify for the last Afcon in 2021, bowed out a the quarter-final stage at the edition in Egypt in 2019. Hosts Ivory Coast were also not spared a kind draw as the Elephants were pitted against Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau in Group A.The Ivorians will host Bafana in a friendly match at what is expected to be a packed Stade Félix Houphouët Boigny in Abidjan on Tuesday.
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