Malepe: Olympic team want to beat France to boost morale after looting in SA BraMahlatse
The much-depleted South Africans started the tournament with a narrow 1-0 loss to hosts Japan and they take on France in the second match of Group A at the Saitama Stadium on Sunday looking to enhance their chances of progressing to the next round.
“The people need something right now and‚ to be honest‚ we haven’t done as well in these big tournaments in the past as everyone wanted. I believe we can change that here‚ and I think too that it will help bring some peace and belief to everyone in South Africa.” Malepe and his teammates experienced that from the start in Rio‚ going up against the hosts and eventual winners in front of a partisan and 70‚000-strong crowd in Brasilia.
SA’s Tokyo build-up was hit by tournaments being cancelled due to Covid-19. They lost three and drew one of the four games against Egypt and Saudi Arabia eked out as warm-ups in the past year.
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