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South Africa national football team
Africa Cup of Nations | Group Stage
Jun 28, 2019 at 9pm UK
 
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Stuart Baxter urges against South Africa complacency ahead of Namibia clash

Stuart Baxter urges against South Africa complacency ahead of Namibia clash
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Both countries were beaten in their opening Group D matches.

South Africa boss Stuart Baxter has urged his side not to underestimate Namibia in Friday's Africa Cup of Nations clash.

Bafana Bafana opened their Group D account with a 1-0 defeat to Ivory Coast while Namibia were only beaten by Morocco following a 89th-minute own goal from Itamunua Keimuine.

Baxter told the South African Football Association's official website: "Ivory Coast is the first game we have lost in one-and-a-half years and talking of dismantling Namibia is totally disrespectful towards a team that qualified for AFCON and ran Morocco very, very close.

"There were some positives but we were not really happy with our overall performance and yes, this is a massive game for us.

"The onus is on us to produce good football. If we play the way we are capable of, we can win the game but I will not come here and disrespect our opponents."

Namibia coach Ricardo Mannetti was in confident spirits.

He said: "We come into the match with positives from the Morrocco game and we need to compete and get the result we want.

"It's not about the next round but the first win for the country and then anything can happen."

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Group A

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Q Equatorial Guinea flag Eq Guinea32107
Q Nigeria Nigeria32107
Q Cote D'Ivoire flag Ivory Coast31023
4 Guinea-Bissau flag Guinea-Bissau30030

Group B

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Q Cape Verde flag Cape Verde32107
Q Egypt Egypt30303
3 Ghana flag Ghana30212
4 Mozambique flag Mozambique30212

Group C

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Q Senegal flag Senegal33009
Q Guinea flag Guinea31114
Q Cameroon flag Cameroon31114
4 Gambia flag Gambia30030

Group D

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Q Angola Angola32107
Q Burkina Faso flag Burkina Faso31114
Q Mauritania flag Mauritania31023
4 Algeria Algeria30212

Group E

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Q Mali flag Mali31205
Q South Africa South Africa31114
Q Namibia Namibia31114
4 Tunisia Tunisia30212

Group F

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Q Morocco Morocco32107
Q DR Congo flag Congo DR30303
3 Tanzania flag Tanzania30212
4 Zambia flag Zambia30212


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