Rock bottom of their Afcon 2024 qualifying Group K, it’s now or never for Bafana Bafana against Liberia in Monrovia on Tuesday at 6pm.
It’s a long way back for coach Hugo Broos and his span, having thrown away a 2-0 lead in Friday night’s damaging 2-2 draw at Orlando Stadium.
Bafana Bafana are on the ropes after Liberia held them to a gut-wrenching 2-2 draw in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at Orlando Stadium on Friday. | @Sport24news https://t.co/IyO3fenKzG
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Due their failure to put the game to bed, Bafana trail the Lone Stars according to African football’s governing body Caf’s tiebreaking rules.
While SA are level on a single log point and have a superior overall goal difference of -1 to -2, Tuesday night’s hosts’ away goals scored in head-to-head matches gives them the edge.
Only victory will do for Bafana, with both teams facing World Cup semifinalists Morocco in their final game, having lost their opening games to Walid Regragui’s north Africans.
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After storming down the tunnel following the Lone Stars’ last-gasp equaliser and refusing to fulfil his media obligations, Broos knows failure on Tuesday night could very well spell the end of his two-year tenure.
Blaming his players’ lack of energy and physical presence for Liberia’s muscling their way back into the mix, the Belgian hinted that will freshening things up.
He says: “There will be some changes that’s for sure.
“And I hope that we can compete physically
“But if we make the same mistakes and if our level is less than the Liberians, then we will have problems.
“We need a victory on Tuesday to restore the belief in ourselves.”