Molefi Ntseki’s tenure as Bafana Bafana head coach continues to be dogged by misfortune.
Bafana Bafana coach Molefi Ntseki’s plans have been disrupted Picture: Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix The ongoing global health crisis due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic is the second time that an extraordinary event has forced Ntseki to abort the national team’s training camp since he took over seven months ago.
The qualifying campaign for the Afcon finals in Cameroon next year officially marked the start of the second phase of the programme. Bafana have not qualified for the World Cup since the 2002 event, and they only participated in 2010 because South Africa hosted the global soccer showpiece. However, he is a bit worried that the coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent lockdown will adversely impact on his plans.
The coach said the idea was for these seasoned campaigners to share their experience with players such as Reeve Frosler and Teboho Mokoena, the Under-23 team members who had been called up for the camp that has now been cancelled.On the impact of the virus outbreak and the subsequent lockdown, Ntseki said: “The negative is that it has killed the momentum, especially for the Olympic team [the Under-23s].
Ntseki hinted that there could also be a serious drawback for some of the older players in the set-up, those he referred to as the “first group”.
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