The president of the South African Football Association, Danny Jordaan praised Bafana Bafana for their performance against Mali yesterday.
Bafana secured a 2-1 victory over Mali at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Sunday, where they were crowned Nelson Mandela Challenge champions.
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"If you saw they tweets, they said that Molefi Ntseki is going to win the World Cup, but that is South Africans, you win one match and you are the best team in the world, you lose one match and then you are the worst, with South Africans there is no middle ground. But the response is just amazing, it has been a wonderful match," Jordaan said.
"The coach, I want to thank you, because this was your first match, you selected many players different to those who lead us in Egypt and they showed you today that they are prepared to fight for you and I just want to wish you all the best and all of the players, thank you, you have made Madiba proud, you have made your contribution to the children of this country."
"Thank you, next stop is Ghana, there is nothing more to say, you have proved to yourself and all of us that we are in to a new era," he added.
