Bafana Bafana coach Gordon Igesund says he is in the dark as to whether he will still have the job for much longer. Igesund was given a mandate of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup and reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations when he took the job back in June last year. However, a quarterfinal defeat to Mali at the Nations Cup and yesterday’s 2-1 qualifying defeat to Ethiopia in Addis Ababa means neither has been achieved – and the coach says the ball is now in SAFA’s court. “My mandate was to qualify the team for the World Cup and I didn’t do that, so I will have to wait and see what will happen as it is no longer in my hands,” Igesund says. “It was a difficult assignment from the beginning having lost some crucial points in the early stages of the qualifiers, but I agreed to the challenge because I believed we could make it. Sadly it was not to be.” However, Bafana have been thrown a lifeline in their hopes of reaching Brazil 2014 after FIFA announced Ethiopia are under investigation for fielding an ineligible player. If they are found guilty, the South Africans will be back in pole position to reach the next round of World Cup qualifiers. By Dr vince
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:44:47 +0000
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