Bafana Bafana v Ghana preview: ‘Can’t lose’ 2022 Soccer World Cup tie for SA

Bafana Bafana will be under pressure to secure all three points from their 2022 Soccer World Cup qualifier against Ghana at the FNB Stadium on Monday, 6 September.

Kick-off is at 18:00.

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Bafana Bafana were held to a goalless draw by Zimbabwe in Harare last Friday in their opening Group G qualifier.

It was the first match on the touchline for new boss Hugo Broos who will now be looking for all three points at home to the Black Stars.

Ghana got their qualifying campaign underway with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Ethiopia with Mubarak Wakaso netting the winner.

Reflecting on his side’s draw, Broos said in the Sowetan: “First of all I am happy with the mentality of the players, I thought the players showed strong mentality which was good for me.

“Defensively I think it was all right, we didn’t give too many chances to Zimbabwe because the defence was there and I am happy about that. But at the other side if the field you have to score goals to win games and we were not good offensively.

“We must work on that in the coming week and months because to win matches you have to score. This was for us a problem because at this level we have to be more dangerous.”

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Meanwhile, Ghana coach CK Akonnor said: “We managed to win. It was a very difficult game. We were not too exciting as we were expected to play I must admit. But we managed to win the three points which is the most important thing.

“If you watch our game, we create a lot of chances. This same chances [we converted] against Qatar to score five goals. So, it’s not a situation whereby we cannot score goals but now it seems so but I strongly believe we will score goals.

“We are doing well and creating chances. With time it will come.”

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