Bafana eager to put the Botswana threat to bed

BAFANA Bafana defender Junaid Sait is confident that they will finish off the job when they host Botswana in the second leg of their African Nations Championship (Chan) qualifier at Moruleng Stadium in Rustenburg on Saturday.

The South Africans lead 2-0 from the first-leg encounter played away from home in Francistown last weekend and Junaid‚ who is the son of former Orlando Pirates and AmaZulu midfielder Kamaal‚ is confident of a positive result.

If Bafana Bafana finish off the job as they are expected to on Saturday and progress to the third round of the qualifiers‚ they are likely to meet Zambia.

The Zambians have what appears to be an unassailable lead after beating Swaziland 40 in their first leg at Somhlolo Stadium last weekend.

“Coach Stuart Baxter has told us to carry on with the winning mentality and attitude that we showed in Botswana and we are definitely going for the win in the second leg to ensure that we progress to the next round of this competition‚” he said.

“For most of the younger players‚ this is the opportunity to represent our country and make sure that we learn the ropes of playing at this level so that when other opportunities of playing at senior tournaments arise we are ready.”

He said their victory over Botswana away from home was a result of working together and following instructions.

“I think we did well as a team and we followed instructions from the coach very well.” — DDC