Bafana Bafana assistant coach Helman Mkhalele slammed preparations for their African Nations Championships (Chan) after they failed to qualify for next year’s tournament.
South Africa lost 6-1 to Angola on aggregate in the second round and the coach revealed that he only had one training session with a full squad on the eve of Sunday’s 4-1 second-leg defeat.
With the Chan tournament qualifiers played outside of Fifa windows, PSL clubs have no obligation to release players for national duty.
Helman Mkhalele | Bafana Bafana Assistant Coach | Part 1
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Talking about the teams frustrations on their loss against Angola on the 2nd leg of the CHAN Qualifier pic.twitter.com/3hA6miGXGe
But Mkhalele says there must be better cooperation between the clubs and the South African Football Association (Safa) to improve Bafana.
He says: “It’s sad in relation to how we treat the Chan tournament.
“I only had one session with a full squad on Saturday afternoon.
“It portrays a bad image of our football. It’s about us trying to help each other.”
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