Bafana Bafana attacker Percy Tau says he “wants to do something special” during their participation at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Côte d’Ivoire.

The South African national team has been drawn in Group E alongside the likes of Mali, Namibia and Tunisia

South Africa are set to face Mali in their opening group stage clash at the Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium in Korhogo on Tuesday evening.

Tau is relishing the chance to help Bafana succeed at the tournament starting with their next opponents.

“I think we have handled that pretty well because most of the squad is now used to travelling and playing outside the country, so it’s those that are in South Africa, they don’t know what we are going through.

“I think we’ve handled everything quite well and we are looking forward to the games.

“The pitch is great, we saw it today in the morning. We are playing against a difficult side, our group is difficult, we still have Namibia and Tunisia also.

“So, we are looking forward to all those matches but we do believe in ourselves, we are not overconfident, we are grounded but that does not take away that we believe we can do something special. We want to do something special that’s the bottom line,”

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