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Gordon Igesund: Bafana Bafana coaches are always scrutinised

Legendary South African coach Gordon Igesund believes that Stuart Baxter has selected the best team for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals.

The Bafana Bafana head coach made a couple of surprising omissions when he announced his final 23-man squad for the continental tournament last weekend.

Igesund, who was in charge of South Africa between 2012 and 2014, has explained that whenever a national team coach announces a squad it will always be scrutinised.

“Honestly speaking, whenever a coach selects a team, it always gets scrutinised," Igesund told Daily Sun.