Former Tremendous Eagles goalkeeper, Daniel Akpeyi, has expressed sympathy for South Africa forward of the ultimate sport of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
Akpeyi finds it tough to imagine that Bafana Bafana supporters have now resorted to utilizing calculators to find out the permutations that would see the group qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup regardless of the group’s exhausting work all alongside.
Bafana Bafana had been heading in the right direction to say the automated ticket for Group C, however it’s now a special story following a significant setback after the soccer governing physique, FIFA, observed that they’d damaged a regulation and deducted three factors from their tally.
Of their match in opposition to Lesotho, Bafana Bafana used an ineligible midfielder, Teboho Mokoena, who was on suspension.
They performed out a goalless draw with Zimbabwe on Friday, and the outcome additional deepened their possibilities of travelling to North America subsequent yr.
Talking on SuperSport, Akpeyi, who relies in South Africa, stated, “It’s fairly unlucky that after all of the exhausting work Bafana Bafana have put into this marketing campaign, they’ve reached a degree the place they should deliver out the calculator.
“It’s unlucky that they might lose all of this on the very finish, however there’s nonetheless an opportunity.
“We by no means know what is going to occur within the remaining video games, so we’re nonetheless giving Bafana Bafana the advantage of the doubt.”
It is going to all finish on Tuesday for Group C groups as Nigeria host Benin Republic in Uyo and Bafana Bafana welcome Rwanda in Mbombela.
Each Nigeria and South Africa should win their final video games to face any probability of qualification.
Of their match in opposition to Lesotho, Bafana Bafana used an ineligible midfielder, Teboho Mokoena, who was on suspension.
They performed out a goalless draw with Zimbabwe on Friday, and the outcome additional deepened their possibilities of travelling to North America subsequent yr.
Talking on SuperSport, Akpeyi, who relies in South Africa, stated, “It’s fairly unlucky that after all of the exhausting work Bafana Bafana have put into this marketing campaign, they’ve reached a degree the place they should deliver out the calculator.
“It’s unlucky that they might lose all of this on the very finish, however there’s nonetheless an opportunity.
“We by no means know what is going to occur within the remaining video games, so we’re nonetheless giving Bafana Bafana the advantage of the doubt.”
It is going to all finish on Tuesday for Group C groups as Nigeria host Benin Republic in Uyo and Bafana Bafana welcome Rwanda in Mbombela.
Each Nigeria and South Africa should win their final video games to face any probability of qualification.
