Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Darren Keet has given his thoughts on how well the senior national team can perform at the Africa Cup of Nations.
There'll be high hopes for Bafana to at least reach the knockout phase of the competition, to avoid the embarrassment of getting knocked out in the first round, just as they did when they last participated in 2015 under former coach Shakes Mashaba.
"We want to give our best in this coming AFCON tournament. We know what we are capable of and we know what we want to do and we will try to go out and do it. We don't want to put too much expectations on what we can and can't do but the ultimate goal is achieving something for the country," he added.
"It is imperative that we do our best by putting all our plans into practice and that we work hard and maintain the form we had in the last few qualifiers," he said adding that he didn't want to put too much pressure on the team on how far it can go.
"I don't want to predict how far we can go, I think it all comes down to every match as we play it and we have to be prepared for every game. The results will take care of themselves but we need to start with a good foundation," he said adding that this team will give it a best shot.
"If we get it right, we will make the country proud. We have seen it with our clubs in the CAF Champions League competition that we have what it takes do well as South Africa.
"Our national team is no different. We have a very good squad with good spirit and good mentality. We are looking at pushing as far as we can and as hard as we can and see how it goes," he concluded.