Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Lincoln Vyver is wary of Mozambique ahead of Tuesday’s Cosafa Cup quarterfinal clash.
South Africa knocked the Mambas out en route to the title last year with a 3-0 win in the semifinals and the Cape Town Spurs stopper reckons that our neighbours will be driven by revenge.
We want to make our nation proud in COSAFA – Vyver #COSAFACup2022 @COSAFAMEDIA 🇿![CDATA[]]>🇦 https://t.co/FZQBAPG39B
— Bafana Bafana (@BafanaBafana) July 8, 2022
The 21-year-old tells Safa’s media team: “Mozambique is a side we beat in the knockout rounds of last year’s final and we are well aware they will come out motivated to avenge that result in this year’s edition.
“We have been working extremely hard in training to ensure that doesn’t happen and the beauty about it is we share the same mindset. And that is we want to defend this title and make our nation proud.”
DEFENDING CHAMPIONS: Bafana Bafana's training session underway at Dobsonville Stadium. 🇿![CDATA[]]>🇦#COSAFACup2022 @COSAFAMEDIA pic.twitter.com/H8AHPl9HHM
— Bafana Bafana (@BafanaBafana) July 7, 2022
With Vyver and his teammates enjoying a bye to the knockout phase of the tournament, he warns that they have to hit the ground running to defend their crown.
He adds: “It is not going to be easy but we’ll fight to the very end until that objective is achieved.”
A productive training session held today at Dobsonville Stadium as the COSAFA Cup champions make final preparations ahead of this year's edition.
— Bafana Bafana (@BafanaBafana) July 9, 2022
They take on Mozambique in the quarter-finals on 13 July at Princess Magogo. 🇿![CDATA[]]>🇦#COSAFACup2022 @COSAFAMEDIA pic.twitter.com/SOaftCSdGx