SA U23s need nothing less than victory against Mexico

Eshlin Vedan eshlin.vedan@inl.co.za

Eshlin Vedan eshlin.vedan@inl.co.za The South Africa Under-23 team needs nothing less than victory in their final Tokyo Olympic group stage game against Mexico this afternoon. While they lost their opening two fixtures against Japan and France, David Notoane’s team still have an outside chance of advancing to the knockout stage. For that to happen, they will need to record a convincing victory over Mexico while also hoping that hosts Japan beat France. Japan are already through to the knockout stage after winning their two games so far against SA and Mexico. While SA are still in with a chance, the last leg of group fixtures is likely a shootout between Mexico and France to determine which of the two will join the hosts in the knockout round. After losing their…

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