The
two teams last met in this year’s Africa Cup of Nations tournament in a
thrilling group stages match held at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban that
ended in a 2-2 draw.
Morocco
will host the 2015 Edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, and South Africa has
been invited to be part of the celebrations to open one of the stadiums for the
tournament. Igesund said he was excited about the invite.
“We
go there with a two-pronged approach - to see conditions in Morocco as they are
the next AFCON hosts and also to start preparations for the qualifiers of that
tournament. There are only two FIFA calendar dates between the CHAN tournament
and the September qualifiers in 2014, so it is important to take advantage of
this invitation and also have a feel of how things are like in Morocco. We
would also take this opportunity to include some of the players who will
feature in the CHAN tournament to strike a balance,” said the Bafana Bafana
mentor.
South
Africa will have to take the strongest available squad to Agadir City as per
contractual obligations between the Moroccan football federation and SAFA.
- SAFA
