Bafana Bafana legend Mark Fish has suggested that the national team missed an opportunity to build momentum with the COSAFA Cup ahead of next year's AFCON.
Bafana did not select their full strength squad for the annual regional tournament, choosing players who are not even regulars at their respective clubs.
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The national team also brought in a different coach, in Morena Ramoreboli, who, however, won the tournament in 2021 when standing in for Helman Mkhalele.
Fish, who is attending the tournament in Durban, says that the teams are competitive and believes that Namibia, who were finalists last year, would be contenders once again.
"The teams come here motivated, the players want to showcase their talent, teams come here to perform," Fish said on SABC News.
"The way the team (Namibia) perform, you'd expect them to be there or thereabouts (for the title) and the Zambian team (defending champions) and others we'll play.
"I think it's a competitive tournament," he said.
"Again I think, it's not a go at Bafana Bafana but yes you're having players that are coming and representing South Africa but at the end of the day why don't we have a continued programme where we come from the COSAFA Cup, to the CHAN tournament or AFCON?" he asked.
"AFCON is something we have qualified for, how many of these players will go to the AFCON? This I'm not sure of but this is a tournament that (we) should (have) taken our first choice and taken it a little bit more seriously for momentum to continue in South African football," he said.
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