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‘WE WILL PLAY FOR PRIDE’

By MGCINI DUBE | 2024-11-15

SOCCER - IT'S all set for today's game, with Sihlangu Semnikati captain Sifiso ‘Ayoba’ Matse saying they will be out to protect the image of the country.

Today's game also has the team's pride at stake in the when they face Guinea-Bissau in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Qualifiers this evening at Mbombela Stadium, South Africa.

The Royal Leopard reliable star said to them, there was no game called a deadrubber to them. He said they might be out of the competition but every game was important to them, hence they would give it their all.

He said this would also be good preparations for the upcoming CHAN Qualifiers.

Respect
"Our pride matters and we have respect for the badge and country.
‘‘We are going to fight for results in the game, regardless of it not giving us any advantage in the competition. It is also going to give us the picture of areas that need our attention going forward," he said.

Guinea-Bissau national team captain Mama Balde said they were confident of victory in the two games the country has ahead of Eswatini and Mozambique, referring to the fifth and sixth Group I matches of the qualification for the Africa Cup of Nations next year.

"We've already played with them and we know the difficulties they're going to impose on us, so we're going to work on that to make things easier, because we know that they're the two important games that we have and we gonna face it with the ambition that we're going for. I think we're ready to play a good game," said Balde.

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