Bafana Bafana captain Ronwen Williams warms up before a training session ahead of their Fifa World Cup opener against Mexico.
The euphoric yet intimidating atmosphere at the Estadio Azteca that will greet Bafana Bafana when they play Mexico on June 11 does not faze captain Ronwen Williams.
Instead, the skipper has revealed his team's strategy to actively embrace the pressure while enjoying the magnitude of the moment.
Bafana Bafana will make their triumphant return to the Fifa World Cup on Thursday night (9pm kick-off, SA time), 16 years after hosting the tournament on home soil — a spectacle that remains historic as the first-ever on the African continent.
The South Africans are understandably ecstatic to find themselves back among the world's elite footballing nations, feeling that five years of meticulous rebuilding under head coach Hugo Broos has been fully rewarded by their qualification.
