South Africa Coach Claims Strategy to Defeat Morocco in Crucial AFCON Match

30 June 2019 – byKamal · 1 min read

The coach of South Africa is optimistic and claims to have the recipe to overcome Morocco, a very strong and well-organized team, according to his statements. He does not intend to spare his efforts or those of his players to beat the "Atlas Lions" in the third match of the first round of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).

Tomorrow, Monday, July 1, at 5 p.m. (Moroccan time), the match between the Moroccan national team and the South African team will take place at the "Es-salam" Stadium in Cairo. The "Atlas Lions" will have to at least get a draw to take the lead in Group D and avoid crossing paths with the favorite teams in the round of 16.

Stuart Baxter, the coach of the "Bafana-Bafana", acknowledges the strength of the "Atlas Lions" but this does not prevent him from being confident. He declares: "I know that Morocco has a strong team. It is well organized and has players with good individual qualities. We just have to defend well and then follow up with quick counterattacks".

"I know they have less pressure and are more relaxed than us, but we are highly motivated to beat them," he stressed, nonetheless qualifying the Moroccans’ performance against Côte d’Ivoire as "incredible".

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Football Africa Cup of Nations South Africa Atlas Lions