bafana bafana squad 1996

... U.S., in 1996. 4th Floor, 125 Buitengracht Street, Cape Town, 8001. A fortnight after cutting through Cameroon they met Algeria for a place in the last four at Soccer City.

He took Bafana Bafana’s first bold step to the final in spectacular fashion, planting a volley into the Ghanaian goal. That was George Weah, of Milan, and captain of Liberia.

Ever since he had watched Joel Stransky execute his drop goal at Ellis Park six months earlier the head coach felt Bafana Bafana had taken on some emotional freight. “They tell me that when he was warming up as a substitute, Mark Williams was telling the crowd, ‘Get the coach to play me!’” smiles Barker. In the 73rd a Doctor Khumalo free-kick picked out Fish, whose header fell to Eric Tinkler and, via a blocked effort, to the full-back Sizwe Motaung. It was not South Africa’s fault that Nigeria was ruled by a despot, who sulked and threw his toys out of the cot when Nelson Mandela chastised him for ordering the murder of writer Ken Saro Wiwa and in a fit of pique General Sani Abacha prevented the Super Eagles from coming to SA.

And it was: Cameroon broke through a glass ceiling at the first World Cup of the 1990s, Nigeria performed thrillingly at the second, and, three weeks before the 1996 Afcon, an African international had for the first time been awarded the Ballon d’Or, the sport’s highest individual accolade.

: Charles Massembe (Uganda)Cautions: Buthelezi; Jaballah, HaniniSA: (4-4-2) Andre Arendse - Sizwe Motaung, Mark Fish, Neil Tovey(capt), Lucas Radebe - Doctor Khumalo, Eric Tinkler, Linda Buthelezi (Helman Mkhalele 51st), John Moshoeu - Shaun Bartlett, Phil Masinga (Mark Williams 65th)Coach: Clive Barker, 4th Floor, 125 Buitengracht Street, Cape Town, 8001. “Usually he greeted the captain [Neil Tovey] first before speaking to the players, but on this occasion I was late into the room, at one minute to six, and so I was on the end of the line. South Africa are currently placed second in Group C with four games left and the top two teams will qualify for the finals which will be hosted by Cameroon. I just had to get on the pitch!”Williams says he used every trick in his repertoire to try and catch the attention of coach Barker as the match progressed, scoreless. Sign Up Sign up to our Newsletter × Close Soccer.

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