Williams calls on Bafana to show continental mettle against Algeria

Ronwen Williams needs Bafana Bafana to show precisely why they ended up as Africa Cup of Nations btonze medalists, after they take on Algeria in a global pleasant on the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Algiers on Tuesday (kick off 11pm SA time).

“Tomorow’s game is a big one,” stated the Bafana captain in an interview with Safa media.

“They (Algeria) are the hosts, they’re coming off a really dangerous AFCON. They have gotten a brand new coach and that may be harmful, their gamers will all need to put their fingers up and be counted.

“We have trained accordingly and we want to show why we finished third at the AFCON. We want that consistency of performance.”

Bafana are utilizing these two friendlies – an experimental Bafana facet drew 1-1 with Andorra in Annaba on Thursday – as preparation for the 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers against Nigeria and Zimbabwe in June.

Williams is considered one of Bafana’s first alternative gamers who is ready to return to the facet against the Desert Foxes, having been rested for Andorra.

The Bafana captain believes not an excessive amount of ought to be learn into Bafana’s 1-1 draw against the European minnows, a recreation by which simply two gamers began who had began the bronze medal match against DR Congo on the AFCON.

‘So many chances’

“We were disappointed (to draw) as we felt they were there for the taking,” stated Williams.

“We created so many probabilities however this was a distinct crew to the one which we’ve got had for the final two years.

“There have been so many new faces … the principle factor is that we didn’t lose. We wished to win, however the coach stated he wished to give new gamers an opportunity to put their fingers up.

“We created so many chances, we were strong enough to win, but it was one of those games. The coach had his reason for his approach, to give a lot of players an opporunity. So we don’t need to look too much into that game.”