Ivory Coast wary of 'well-rested' Bafana
Ivory Coast will battle it out with South Africa in an international friendly match at the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan on Tuesday.
Kick-off is at 9:00 pm CAT.
CURRENT FORM
The Elephants were held to a 1-1 draw by a resilient Morocco side at home in a friendly match on October 14 and the West African giants are undefeated in their last two games.
After losing to Zambia on June 17, Ivory Coast secured a win over Lesotho before drawing with Morocco and they will be looking to extend their unbeaten run against South Africa.
Meanwhile, South Africa were held to a 0-0 draw by Eswatini at home in a friendly match on October 13 as they stretched their unbeaten run to 10 matches under Hugo Broos.
Since losing to Morocco away in June 2022, Bafana Bafana have registered four draws and six victories under Broos who is excluded from the team's COSAFA and Chan matches.
TEAM NEWS
Ivory Coast could once again be without their captain Serge Aurier who missed the game against Morocco due to an injury while Ghislain Konan is likely to feature after recovering from an illness.
South Africa, on the other hand, will be without Zakhele Lepasa who withdrew from the squad after the game against Eswatini due to a knee injury while Ronwen Williams is available for selection after recovering from an injury.
WHAT WAS SAID
Ivory Coast head coach Jean Louis Gasset
“Bafana Bafana and Ivory Coast, and all the teams are on the same level in Africa,” Gasset said on iDiski Times.
"We will try to play with the same team, a strong team to progress towards Afcon [and the Fifa World Cup qualifiers]. The match will be a good test for both teams.
"Bafana is a good team – I think that will play to push Ivory Coast to play well and to progress. But
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