Jonathan Wilson

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3,871 appearances 25 recordings 7 series first heard Oct 2025 last heard 1 Sep

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Football Weekly · O Canada! The knockouts begin with a win for Marsch’s men: World Cup Daily · 29 Jun 2026 podcast

It was actually in 2024, even though it was the Cup of Nations of 2023.

And it feels like they've been too passive too often.

I'm not really sure that's their strength.

So, I mean, they got through and Hugo Bruce deserves great credit for that.

But I do wonder if it might have been better served playing their more natural game.

I think they will.

I mean, South African football's gone through a slightly strange process that...

they won the cup of nations in 96 they were sort of decade after that they were a pretty dominant side and then they've really faded in the last 20 years and getting to the semi-final in the 2023 cup of nations played in 2024 was a huge thing so you know the first time we've got to the stage first time we've got out of the group that is a big thing i don't think people would say this is as good a side as the side that qualified for the

After 20 years, 25 years away, it clearly is a major thing.

I just think they might be slightly frustrated that they didn't give it more of a go.

They've got Mamelodi Sundance, who won the African Champions League this year.

So it's not that they're not used to success.

It just tends to become a club level rather than a national level.

And obviously it is different in an African context to a global context.

Yes, I mean, I guess from their point of view, every game more they play is valuable.

So they wouldn't be looking too far down the line.

But yeah, I think it suggests something about how odd the format with best third-place teams going through is, that there is such an obvious difference between having to play Spain and having to play Switzerland.

But yes, it was a rare instance where the group stage ended with everybody, apart from Iran, being absolutely delighted.

Yeah.

I can't do it.

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