South Africans successful on the two previous occasions when playing a key away qualifier at a neutral venue
Sunday’s African Nations Cup showdown against Libya marks the third time Bafana Bafana have had the good fortune of playing a key away qualifier at a neutral venue. Bafana were successful on the two previous occasions.
It was also the case in April 1997, when Bafana happily skipped a trip to Kinshasa, and again in 2013 when the conflict in the Central African Republic sent SA to a neutral venue. Clive Barker’s team then faced having to go to an even more hostile environment — Kinshasa — to meet Zaire‚ who were also desperately looking for points. But in Zaire‚ Laurent Kabila’s rebel army had made significant advances in their bid to oust the Mobutu Sese Seko regime and were marching towards Kinshasa. An imminent battle for the capital forced Fifa to change the venue of the game.
Bafana would go on to beat Zambia and Congo Brazzaville at Soccer City‚ winning their last three qualifiers to book their place at the World Cup in France.
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