{"id":30327,"date":"2023-07-08T18:09:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T18:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/bafana-botswana-starting-xis-announced"},"modified":"2023-07-08T19:19:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T19:19:27","slug":"bafana-botswana-starting-xis-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/bafana-botswana-starting-xis-announced","title":{"rendered":"Bafana &amp; Botswana Starting XIs Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Bafana Bafana and Botswana confirmed their starting line-up for this afternoon\u2019s COSAFA Cup encounter at King Zwelithini Stadium.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Bafana are coming to this match under a bit of pressure after sharing the spoils with Namibia in the opening match.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Morena Ramoreboli understands that anything less than a win this afternoon would put themselves in a difficult position, when it comes to qualifying for the next round.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Zebras knows very well a draw would push them closer to the knockout stages after they beat Eswatini in their opening match.<\/p>\n<p>They also have a bit of advantage as they know Ramoreboli\u2019s style of play since he is coaching at Botswana Premier League champions Jwaneng Galaxy.<\/p>\n<p>Bafana have dominated this fixture and beaten the Zebras in four out of their last five clashes at the COSAFA Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Here is how they line up:<\/p>\n<p>Bafana XI: Barr, Makume, Mohamme, Sikhakhane, Mogaila, Cele, Human, Mthethwa, Lakay, Rayners, Mabasa.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"984\" height=\"602\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30324 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/07\/sm_1688826332.91262.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/07\/sm_1688826332.91262.jpg 984w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/07\/sm_1688826332.91262-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/07\/sm_1688826332.91262-768x470.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Botswana XI: Malepela, Tlhalefang, Kgamanyane, Skweyiya, Legopelo, Velaphi, Modingwane, Mabaya, Ditsele, Kopelang, Mangolo<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. Bafana Bafana and Botswana confirmed their starting line-up for this afternoon\u2019s COSAFA Cup encounter at King Zwelithini Stadium. Bafana are coming to this match under a bit of pressure after sharing the spoils with Namibia in the opening match. Coach Morena Ramoreboli understands that anything less than a win this afternoon would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":30326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-30327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bafana &amp; Botswana Starting XIs Announced - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bafana Bafana and Botswana confirmed their starting line-up for this afternoon\u2019s COSAFA Cup encounter at King Zwelith ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/bafana-botswana-starting-xis-announced\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bafana &amp; 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