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World Cup 2010: South Africa Expects A Favorable Draw
The South African Football Association's representative has made it clear that he expects a favorable draw.
Dec 2, 2009 5:08:59 AM
FIFA will ensure 2010 World Cup host nation South Africa emerges with a favorable opening round draw in Cape Town on Friday, claimed Nazeer Camroodien, the South African Football Association's official travel
representative.
"What we know for sure at this stage is that South Africa will be the seeded team in Group A among the World Cup's eight groups of four teams - and the hosts will play the tournament opener at Johannesburg's awesome Soccer City Stadium on June 11," Camroodien was quoted as saying by iol.co.za.
"But what is almost an essential proviso for the tournament to come up to its highest expectations is for the currently frail Bafana Bafana to progress beyond the opening round.
"I'm sure a system will be devised whereby South Africa receive a favorable draw all-round. It happened for the World Cup's Confederation Cup dress rehearsal earlier in the year when the rules basically ensured that South Africa were drawn in the same initial group as minnows New Zealand and Iraq and duly made their way into the semi-finals," continued the SAFA representative.
"It will be a draw conducted in accordance with prescribed rules and will therefore be construed as fair. However, it should be just a little fairer for South Africa than for the others."
Camroodien predicted an opening round draw for South Africa in the nature of being pitted against the US or Honduras, Denmark, Slovenia or Slovakia and North Korea or New Zealand.
Stefan Coerts, Goal.com
Who is the Very Best? Just the coolest world music group right now. They talk about their love of football--Henrik Larsson!--in the DEC/JAN issue of Goal.com Magazine.
"What we know for sure at this stage is that South Africa will be the seeded team in Group A among the World Cup's eight groups of four teams - and the hosts will play the tournament opener at Johannesburg's awesome Soccer City Stadium on June 11," Camroodien was quoted as saying by iol.co.za.
"But what is almost an essential proviso for the tournament to come up to its highest expectations is for the currently frail Bafana Bafana to progress beyond the opening round.
"I'm sure a system will be devised whereby South Africa receive a favorable draw all-round. It happened for the World Cup's Confederation Cup dress rehearsal earlier in the year when the rules basically ensured that South Africa were drawn in the same initial group as minnows New Zealand and Iraq and duly made their way into the semi-finals," continued the SAFA representative.
"It will be a draw conducted in accordance with prescribed rules and will therefore be construed as fair. However, it should be just a little fairer for South Africa than for the others."
Camroodien predicted an opening round draw for South Africa in the nature of being pitted against the US or Honduras, Denmark, Slovenia or Slovakia and North Korea or New Zealand.
Stefan Coerts, Goal.com
Who is the Very Best? Just the coolest world music group right now. They talk about their love of football--Henrik Larsson!--in the DEC/JAN issue of Goal.com Magazine.
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