By: Mbalenhle Zondi
The Orange Africa Cup of Nations is upon us and it’s always amazing to see how sports unite South Africans. It is during events like these that South Africans put their differences aside and rally towards a common goal.
The Orange Africa Cup of Nations is upon us and it’s always amazing to see how sports unite South Africans. It is during events like these that South Africans put their differences aside and rally towards a common goal.
I must say I was quite disappointed that Bafana Bafana drew in their opening game against the Cape Verde Islands on Saturday. They didn’t play as a unit at all and going forward they were just hopeless. Could they have developed a sudden case of stage fright, or were there certain individuals who saw this as an opportunity to try and outshine their fellow teammates? Some may put the blame on Coach Gordan Igesund for his selection of players; others may argue that South Africa has seen a rapid decline of quality players over the years and that Igesund wasn’t really spoilt for choice. Whatever the reason for their disappointing performance is, they seriously need to sort it out and fast!
101% behind bafana bafana!
Despite all this, we should all rally behind our boys and give them our full unconditional support, kumnyama kubomvu! After all we are the 12th man and by supporting them we boost their morale, making fun of the team or calling them names really doesn’t help us in anyway, all it does is to demoralise the players and this affects their performance on the field even more. One thing, that we should all remember is that patriotism is NOT a choice, it’s a duty!
It was a blessing in disguise that both Group A’s opening games ended in draws. Hopefully Bafana will take advantage of this and win their remaining two games so that they can advance to the knockout stages of the tournament and hopefully even emulate the class of 96. So let’s all be patriotic and put our full support behind the boys! #bafana kaofela#
