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Bafana Bafana avoid guests Senegal as Cosafa Cup groups are revealed

The new South Africa technical team will start planning for their opponents at the regional football competition

Bafana Bafana have been drawn in a Cosafa Cup group which includes Lesotho, Botswana and Eswatini.

This year’s tournament will be staged in Gqeberha from July 7 to 18 in what would be the 20th edition of the competition which has Senegal as guest participants this time.

None of Bafana’s Group A opponents has ever won the Cosafa Cup before while the hosts are four-time champions.

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Interestingly, one of their group competitors Lesotho are under former South Africa assistant coach Thabo Senong who has already included in his squad three Premier Soccer League players.