Sphephelo Sithole backs Bafana Bafana to make history with South Korea win

South Africa started their World Cup campaign in the worst possible way with a 2-0 defeat to co-hosts Mexico where both Sithole and Themba Zwane were shown red cards.

Sithole admits he had a nightmare of a game but explained the support he received from his teammates has been a massive encouragement ahead of their must-win encounter.

While Zwane remains unavailable as he copped a three-match ban for his indiscretion, Sithole is back in contention after serving his one-match suspension as Bafana drew 1-1 with Czechia in their second Group A match.

Bafana need all three points to have a chance of progressing to the knockout rounds, while Korea need at least a point.

Speaking ahead of Thursday's clash, Sithole reflected on his last outing, saying on KickOff: "I know that I didn’t have a good game in the first game, but I think the response that I got from the team was good.

"Everyone was supportive, even the coach as well. He supported me very well, so I think what makes us a very good team is that in our group, we have very good human beings.”

With Teboho Mokoena suspended for the Korea game after picking up two yellow cards, Sithole could potentially regain his place in the Bafana starting line-up.

"The only thing that we need to do tomorrow is to win the game if we want to qualify. We are more than motivated for that," added the C.D. Tondela player.