Kasim Mingle: South Africa is a contender for 2025 AFCON title

Black Galaxies coach Kasim Mingle says Bafana Bafana will be among the contenders for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title.

This comes after Ghana suffered a 1-0 loss against South Africa on Tueday at the Dobsonville Stadium.

Despite the defeat, Mingle was full of praise for his side as he only had a couple of weeks to prepare a team.

"It's a very good performance from our boys. We have only three weeks to come here, and they put up a very good performance," he told SABC Sport.

"I'm happy for them and the way they played. Having only three weeks in camp and coming to play against Bafana Bafana, so I'm satisfied with what I've seen.

"It's a new team that were are building, a young team. We should have equalised, So I'm satisfied with the performance."

The former Bechem Uunited and Nations FC gaffer also revealed that they did their home work on Hugo Broos' men before the friendly.

"They are very solid, very tactical. We watched some of their clips and we were able to block some of their moves, that's why they couldn't play. We were expecting a higher performance from them, but we neutralised their tactics.

"We blocked the way they play, free-flowing to the wings. The goal they scored was a gifted goal from a our mistake. Bafana is a very strong team."

When asked about Bafana's chances at AFCON, he added, "I'm sure they are one of the contenders of the AFCON, so I think they can do better at AFCON."

South Africa have been housed in Group B alongside Egypt, Zimbabwe and Angola.

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