
“I hope we
will be very competitive with Nigeria. We will give everything to the game,”
the 63-year-old current Supersport United coach said.
“We need to
be competitive and players will do it the South African way. The play should
reflect the play in the country,” he added.
Baxter, a
former midfielder with Melbourne FC and Pretson North in his playing days,
offered he would not have taken up the Bafana role if he was not equal to the
task.
“I’m really
looking forward to this latest challenge. If I wasn’t ready, I wouldn’t have
accepted the challenge.
“I believe
the nation has enough players to succeed and I believe in my abilities.”
Baxter will
be facing a litmus test against a formidable Super Eagles side ,which has
enjoyed a meteoric rise under Germann tactician Gernot Rohr.
Since
replacing Sunday Oliseh as manager late last year, Rohr, a former Burkina Faso
coach, has registered three wins out three in his last competitive matches.
The last two
against Zambia and Algeria has set him on course to qualifying the 2013 AFCON
winners to the 2018 Russia FIFA World Cup.
Nigeria hold
a superior record against South Africa with seven wins, four draws and a single
loss.
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