Etalons vs Bafana Bafana le 10 Août prochain

Bafana Bafana set to face Burkina Faso in an friendly international
Bafana to face Burkina Faso

Posted: 2011-06-15 10:45

Bafana Bafana are set to face Burkina Faso in an friendly international in August as they prepare for their 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Niger the following month.

Pitso Mosimane’s side were due to face the Burkinabe in February, but the match never materialised and SAFA roped in Kenya at the last minute instead.

But Burkina Faso officials have now confirmed that they have been invited to South Africa on August 10 and will bring a strong squad on what is a Fifa match day.

Mosimane is keen to play the West African side as they are neighbours to Niger and should provide a similar style of opposition. If South Africa win their qualifier in Niamey on September 4, they could seal their place at the Nations Cup finals in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon if Sierra Leone don't take full points from Egypt.

Burkina Faso have been dominant in their Africa Cup of Nations Group F, where they have won three from three matches against Namibia (twice) and Gambia in the three-team pool.

The Stallions are coached by Portuguese Paulo Duarte and feature top players like Charles Kabore of Olympique Marseille, Jonathan Pitroipa of German giants Hamburg and Habib Bamogo of French club Nice.

Bafana Bafana have met the Burkinabe five times before with two wins, two draws and one defeat.

Mzansi Football and KickOff.com

Merci bien Richaro10 pour cette belle news! Effectivement le match de février a été annulé à la dernière minute on ne sait trop pour quelle raison et les ETALONS ont dû jouer et perdu contre le CAP VERT 1-0 si ma mémoire est bonne et l'AFRIQUE DU SUD a affronté le KENYA.
Si finalement cette rencontre a été reprogrammée pour le 10 Aout prochain ,ce serait une aubène pour nos ETALONS car les BAFANA BAFANA sont un très bon sparing-partner ce qui pourra nous permettre de mieux jauger nos forces contre un adversaire de taille.
En cinq confrontations entre les 2 pays,les Sud Africains l'ont emporté 2 fois, 2 nuls et nos ETALONS avaient gagné la 5e manche 3-1 au stade du 4 Aout lors des éliminatoires jumelées CAN-MONDIAL 2006.
Notons que les 2 pays se sont affrontés une fois en phase finale de la CAN 2002 AU MALI.