I
have been quietly perusing many readings about so called 2014 FIFA World Cup
Brazil revived hope for Bafana Bafana following FIFA investigation on Ethiopia
for the Shenanigans and depravity acts of fielding an ineligible player
Minyahile Beyene, who should not have played against Botswana on June 8, 2013
as he was on two yellow cards.
Some
local soccer fans are now calling FIFA our friend whilst many fans are now
calling the national team “’Bafana ba Blatter”. The following message which
inspire confidence caught my attention “’whether its back door, front door,
main door, sliding door, trellidor, heaven’s door, trap door, bunker door,
Joshua doore, Bafana is going to Brazil. Really?
The
panacea of Ethiopia deceitful act will by a lawful docking of 3 points by FIFA
and those docked 3 points are going to be given to Botswana not Bafana. I have
read some misleading report that 3 points will be given to Bafana to top the group
A but the truth is that, Bafana doesn’t benefit from the looming Ethiopia
docked points. Ethiopia will still be leading the group by 10 points which are
2 points ahead of Bafana with a game left.
Frankly
speaking, Bafana is not in a good position to qualify for Brazil 2014. We
failed with distinction to dominate the group made up of minnows and
continental underachievers. Bafana unimpressive record reads 2 wins, 2 draw and
1 lost against scrawny sides such as Botswana, Central African Republic (CAR)
and Ethiopia. Indeed the playing field
in Africa has been leveled. Remember South Africa and Egypt failed to qualify
for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations hosted in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea against
minnows Niger and Sierra Leone… with dark horse Niger actually winning the
group.
Ethiopia
last game will be against the hopeless, exasperated, bottom of the log, frail,
dead and buried Central African Republic who are not prepared to stand on the
way of Ethiopia victory due to its political animosity with South Africa. The
victory is imminent for the well organised Haille Sellasie boys. The
qualification to Brazil 2014 is beyond South Africa control now. We failed to
do ourselves a huge favour and we can’t expect CAR to do us any favour whilst
Ethiopia will continue to do themselves a huge favour by collecting another
maximum points at the forthcoming game against CAR.
Despite
unsatisfactory performance in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil qualification
games, I have noted a positive and fighting spirit amongst our boys. For the
sake of continuity to build a strong and competitive team, Gordon Igesund
should be retained as a head coach to strengthen his foundation as we are now
losing with pride intact.
The
fighting spirit demonstrated by our boys is an enough justification for the
bright future under the guidance of Igesund. Going forward, it’s no longer
about planning but reinforcing Igesund existing tactical plans. However, we
must start playing competitive and strong friendly games against big African
teams to acclimatise to an away climate as many of our friendly games are
played here in South Africa which is now resulting in unimpressive away record.
Let’s
take a leaf out of the Egyptian National Team’s book who rebuilt their team
around young and hungry players after failing to qualify in two consecutively Africa
Cup of Nations (AFCON) competition but now they already qualified to the Brazil
2014 world cup play offs with remarkable 100% winning rate. Now they have solid,
balance, dedicated, competitive and ambitious team. Going forward, Bafana also
needs undivided and collective support soccer fans irrespective of the local
teams they support.
The
prevailing division amongst fans for blaming players of other team(s) when
Bafana lost or praising certain players of certain team(s) when Bafana win is
nothing but backward and barbaric actions resulting in cracks towards build a
united national team.
By Owen Mundalamo
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