South Africa leads Group G following a draw to Zimbabwe and a win over Ghana.

Bafana will depart for Ethiopia on Thursday and the mission will be to record a win in order to ease their chances later in the qualification.

Broos explained that six points will put them in a very strong position.

“We are in front of two key matches. When you play qualifiers, AFCON or World Cup, match three and four are always key matches.

“Those are matches that can be decisive matches. You can be out of the race, or you can be in a very good position.

“So that is also for us. If we can win these two games, Ethiopia is out of the race, and then we'll have to see what happens in the games of Zimbabwe and Ghana.

“We have to do everything to get six points.

“When we play our game and we play as we did against Ghana, with the same confidence and the same belief, then I think it is possible to win in Ethiopia.

“What I've seen today and yesterday on training, when I see the behaviour of the players in the group, I am confident, I really am confident - like I was before.

“It's just the players that have to believe it. And they believed it with their performance against Ghana.”

Saturday’s qualifier kicks off at 15:00, while the return leg will be played on Tuesday at the FNB Stadium.

Morgan Piek OFM Sport