Without making excuses for Bafana‚ a reality is that the heat did affect them marginally more.
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Tau was among those in the frontline who could not get his game up to full flow in the searing heat of Egypt 2019's second Group D match-up‚ which kicked off in 37 degrees Celsius at Cairo's Al Salam Stadium. The big Ivorians‚ with greater player class‚ were able to be languid for long periods then exploded into destructive attack mode when the opportunities arose.
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