'I don’t think that’s the sort of mentality we have; I don’t think it’s the sort of team we have.' marc_strydom
Second-placed South Africa need a draw from their final Group E qualifier in Sfax to reach Egypt 2019‚ and third-placed Libya need a win.Playing for a draw can lead to confusion in approach‚ even subliminally.
So‚ even if South Africa have gone unbeaten and conceded just one goal – in the 1-1 draw against Nigeria in Johannesburg – going to North Africa to defend against a Libya who penetrated Bafana with a dangerous counterattack in the 0-0 draw in Durban would be foolhardy. “I think we can go there and defend‚ but I don’t think we can go there and park the bus and think we’re going to stay in our own defending zone for 90 minutes‚” the coach said.“I think the gameplan has to be quite aggressive.
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