Bafana Bafana players arrived at the Stade Charles Conan Bany in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final match against Cape Verde.
(Photo by Frank Fife/AFP)
Bafana Bafana's road to recovery has been long, tough and difficult, but compared to the journey to the top four in Ivory Coast, who, like Patrice Motsepe, has criss-crossed the West African nation. , it's a smooth road.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) president is a constant presence during the African Cup of Nations (Afcon), attending almost every match in the five cities and six venues that Ivory Coast is using for the expansion. There is. Tournament with 24 teams.
Motsepe is said to be using a jet plane to travel from one venue to another, which could be an attendance record for a CAF president, but the only hindrance to him not being able to attend all 54 games is , because the final round of the group stage will take place at the same time in two different venues.
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