Former Bafana Bafana midfielder Sipho Ndzuzo believes the eight selected Mamelodi Sundowns players will be key in Friday's Afcon qualifier against Liberia.
South Africa hosts Liberia at Orlando Stadium on Friday and Ndzuzo predicts the experience the Sundowns players gained in the CAF Champions League will benefit head coach Hugo Broos.
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"We will actually have a good game as Bafana Bafana," Ndzuzo tells KickOff.
"I'm saying this on the basis of the advantage that we have over the Sundowns players.
"The Sundowns players' dominance in the league and the number of eight players in one team it's a very big advantage because all those players know each other.
"This is the same reason Egypt has been dominating in Africa. Most of their players were coming from Al Ahly. The team of the century in Africa.
"Sundowns are actually rated one of the best in Africa right now, so those players will go out there to do what they normally do in the CAF Champions League.
"They don't get intimidated by Sundowns players; they are ready, and their confidence will rub to the other Bafana players.
"You know the Lyle Foster's of this world they are playing in England, and it's also an advantage for us.
"They are going to give us something that we are missing, the overseas-based players surely should get a chance to play but the coach should be supporting them with what he has from Sundowns.
"I'm not saying the whole eight Sundowns players must play in one time, we still do need the experience of Siyanda Xulu, there's quite a lot of options the coach should look at to win this game."
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