Unbeaten Bafana Bafana will give 100 percent to beat Paraguay to celebrate 100 years of Nelson Mandela on Tuesday night (7.30 pm).
Coach Stuart Baxter’s manne can finish 2018 without losing a single match and his squad are buoyed by their comeback 1-1 Afcon qualifying draw with Nigeria on Saturday.
Ahead of the clash at the Moses Mabhida Stadium, Bafana playmaker Percy Tau says they are playing positive football.
He says: “Credit to the coach [Baxter] for the plan throughout the whole week, and I think it’s going to be exciting times for South Africa if we keep on going at the rate we’re going.
“Even though we didn’t have other [key] players, the ones that came in did the job.
“But, look, I think we played very well and we were confident. We showed everyone that, if we’re confident enough, we can always come out in these big matches and try to win.”
They take on a Paraguay side beginning a new era.
After missing out on qualification for the Russia World Cup, Paraguay has not played an international since helping Japan warm-up for the tournament.
Now they are playing their first game under new coach Juan Carlos Osorio, who led Mexico to a 1-0 win over Germany before a last-16 exit to Brazil.