South Africa under-23 coach David Notoane could do with the services of on-form striker Cassius Mailula for the second leg of their Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier against Congo-Brazzaville on Monday.
The under-23s played to a 1-1 draw with Congo-Brazzaville at Soweto's Dobsonville Stadium on Thursday, leaving themselves a mountain to climb to qualify for the 2023 African Cup of Nations .Notoane and his young men must get an outright win or draw higher than 1-1 in hostile conditions at the Massamba-Debat Stadium in Brazzaville during the return leg to qualify for Afcon.
“To be honest, that is not on my mind at the moment and logistically it comes with challenges,” he said after the draw with Congo-Brazzaville.Even if Mailula doesn’t join the under-23s in Congo, Notoane is confident the players he has selected will do the job."Unless they say Cassius is available. But we have to give these guys who are here experience. We have a very talented group of players. We played against a team that has been together for a while and you can see it.
“The most important lesson now is when you are in this situation, which most of them are for the first time, how do you deal with it? We have to do whatever it takes to cross the line.“Bafana games are about this and sometimes it is a bad result when you draw at home, but when you go away, you knuckle down and get a result that is not expected.”“The game came out the way one sort of expected. They are a team that sits and plays out with a long pass.
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