This year’s tournaments‚ however‚ remains up in the air after Zimbabwe suddenly pulled out of hosting the annual event without warning last month.
Cosafa spokesperson Lynda Greef said they remain hopeful that they will find a host for the tournament.
The 14-team tournament was supposed to kick off from May 25 to June 8 but Zimbabwe Football Association reneged on the signed agreement as hosts‚ citing financial strain.“We know that we won’t get our foreign players as part of that preparation."Is it correct to use that when we are maybe meeting Namibia or someone else we might be meeting there? That will be a consideration.
Baxter said a lot of countries approached Safa about the possibility of arranging preparation friendly games but they never seriously entertained those requests as they came before last Friday's Nations Cup draw. “Cosafa is our only option at this moment‚” said Baxter of the event in which they might come up against Namibia a few weeks before they meet again in Egypt.
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