South Africa Football Association president Danny Jordaan has dismissed the comparison between Morocco and Ghana, claiming both countries are boosted by players from Europe.
The Black Stars and the Atlas Lions represented Africa at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with the former exiting the competition at the group stages while the latter reached the semi-finals.
Morocco defeated Portugal to become the first African country to progress to the semis of the global showpiece and given the nature of the players that featured for both nations, Jordaan believes Bafana should not be compared to their two African rivals.
"We must not equate a team that has 90% of their players coming from Europe and becoming citizens in order to be in the team," Jordaan said as quoted by sabcsport.com.
"How's it possible that one [Inaki] Williams is playing for Ghana, and his brother, another [Nico] Williams, is playing for Spain?
"Our focus is, we must not be distracted by that. Fundamentally, our position is [that] we must produce world-class players that can compete with the best in the world."