Bafana’s Okon believes SA football is going places
'I think we are very much headed in the right direction,' said the 22-year-old Okon Bafana Bafana defender Ime Okon believes South African football is heading in the right direction after the successes of the senior national team and the age-group sides in recent times.
On the side of the youth teams, the South African Under-20 side have won the Cosafa Under-20 Championship for the second time in a row and qualified for the 2027 Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations.
The South African Under-23 side, meanwhile, are looking to qualify for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, and beat Algeria 3-1 in a friendly international on Friday (the two sides faced off again in another friendly on Sunday).
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