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Baxter defends Bafana Bafana's game plan despite Afcon 2019 hopes resting in the balance

South Africa coach Stuart Baxter admits that while things may be bleak for his side after they lost to Morocco on Monday evening, he won’t play the blame game.

Bafana conceded courtesy of M'bark Boussoufa's goal with a minute to go in normal time, and potentially watched their chances of 2019 Africa Cup Of Nations (Afcon) progression take a massive hit.

Bafana ended their Group D campaign in third place on the standings as Morocco and Ivory Coast took the automatic qualification spots.

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