Former Safa CEO Robin Petersen has described Bafana Bafana’s failure to qualify for the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations as a “huge disappointment” and a development that frustrates some ambitious goals set out by the federation.
Safa formulated Vision 2022, planning to make Bafana one of the top-ranked teams in Africa as well as qualifying for next year’s Fifa World Cup, where they would have targeted qualification for the knock-out stage.
But following a 1-1 draw against Ghana, as well as a 2-0 defeat away in Sudan, Bafana missed out on a ticket to the Afcon finals to be staged in Cameroon next year in what was a big miss of one of their targets.