{"id":17586,"date":"2013-01-27T00:34:56","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T22:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/defensive-football-is-not-my-style-says-bafana-coach\/"},"modified":"2013-01-27T00:34:56","modified_gmt":"2013-01-26T22:34:56","slug":"defensive-football-is-not-my-style-says-bafana-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/defensive-football-is-not-my-style-says-bafana-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Defensive football is not my style, says Bafana coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Group A reaches its climax when hosts South Africa take on Morocco at the Moses Mabhida Stadium at 5pm on Sunday, January 27, knowing a win will assure progression to the last eight.<\/p>\n

Bafana Bafana\u2019s improved performance in their 2-0 win over Angola put them in the driving seat in the group.<\/p>\n

But they are without injured striker Lehlohonolo Majoro, while fellow forward Tokelo Rantie is doubtful after twisting an ankle.<\/p>\n

Morocco will miss playmaker Younes Belhanda, who is suspended after picking up two bookings.<\/p>\n

The Moroccans have struggled to impress so far, with two draws from two matches against the Palancas Negras and Cape Verde.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is important for us is to reach the knockout stage,\u201d said Morocco coach Rachid Taoussi. \u201cWe have talented footballers, but sometimes lack team-work. It is a bitter reality I am striving to change.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very happy with the team that started [against Angola] and I was very happy with the team that finished,\u201d said South Africa coach Gordon Igesund.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlaying defensive football is not my style. However, I cannot go out there and open up, leaving us vulnerable to counter-attacks.\u201d \u2013 bbc<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Group A reaches its climax when hosts South Africa take on Morocco at the Moses Mabhida Stadium at 5pm on Sunday, January 27, knowing a win will assure progression to the last eight. Bafana Bafana\u2019s improved performance in their 2-0 win over Angola put them in the driving seat in the group. But they are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[3258,830,885],"class_list":{"0":"post-17586","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mysport","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-sport","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}