Senegal coach, Alain Giresse, is wary of Bafana Bafana "great offensive potential", ahead of their important AFCON clash on Friday.
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Despite the 3-1 defeat against Algeria, the Frenchman, who won the 1984 European Championship alongside Michel Platini, was impressed with South Africa's display, claiming Shakes Mashaba's men were 'unlucky' to lose.
"(South Africa) is a great team that has great offensive potential and has a great ability to play in small spaces," he told a press conference.
"In the spaces they can make individual raids. (They) can develop on the sides and end up in the centre of the goal."
Friday's game against the Lions of Terenga is already a do-or-die match for South Africa following the results in the first round.
While Bafana Bafana lost 3-1 to Algeria, Senegal won their AFCON opener 2-1 against Ghana.
Senegal are yet unbeaten against South Africa, winning two of the previous five games and drawing the other three.
Senegal's best ever finish at an African Cup of Nations was a second place at the 2002 tournament, when they lost to Cameroon in the penalty shootout.
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