CAF President Patrice Motsepe 'Saddened' By Bafana Bafana Mediocrity

• CAF's South African president Patrice Motsepe momentarily took off his neutrality to lament the state Bafana Bafana
• South Africa's senior men's national team has slid relentlessly into mediocrity over the years
• Motsepe expressed his sadness at this descent into also-rans over time time

Bafana Bafana's mediocrity has not been lost on CAF president Patrice Motsepe.

The South African has expressed sadness over his compatriots' poor state and worsening state over the years.

He told TimesLIVE:

“I have a duty to the rest of the continent but I am a South African and I am grateful to this country because it has done for me what I am. It makes me very sad because we should be there, we can be there and we will be there. “This country has some of the most talented football players among boys and girls and sometimes the real progress and success is not talking and responding the way I am doing now.

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“It is in private meetings and private discussions with the clear focus that South African football deserves to be among the best in the world and will be among the best in the world.”

Bafana Bafana last qualified organically for a FIFA World Cup tournament in 2002, while also qualifying by virtue of being hosts in 2010. They've also struggled to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations, last doing so in 2019.

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His son then took over as the club's boss, with the team continuing its unrelenting dominance of South African football.

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In the history of the World Cup, the West African nation has never gotten to the final of the competition.

Motsepe explained that Nigeria has the talents and skillful players who can make Africa proud.