Cape Town - The mastermind behind South Africa's successful 2010 bid is hoping that Bafana Bafana receive a favourable draw for the World Cup finals.
Dr Danny Jordaan, the CEO of the 2010 Local Organising Committee, told Associated Press that the hosts could do with a kind group in order for Carlos Alberto Parreira's men to progress to the knockout round of the FIFA showpiece.
"The draw can produce anything," Jordaan said. "We hope on the luck of the draw. It is important for us as the host nation that our team must progress in the second round and we will keep our fingers crossed."
But Bafana boss Parreira is expecting a "tough tournament" regardless of the final outcome of the draw.
There are a number of permutations that South Africa will nonetheless hope to avoid while the hosts will be eager to see relatively weaker teams like New Zealand or North Korea from Pot 2 and Pot 4's Slovenia or Switzerland drawn into their pool.
The chance of there being a Group of Death is high as it is conceivable that four of the world's top 14-ranked teams could be thrown together if France is drawn with Spain, Cameroon and the United States.
Dr Danny Jordaan, the CEO of the 2010 Local Organising Committee, told Associated Press that the hosts could do with a kind group in order for Carlos Alberto Parreira's men to progress to the knockout round of the FIFA showpiece.
"The draw can produce anything," Jordaan said. "We hope on the luck of the draw. It is important for us as the host nation that our team must progress in the second round and we will keep our fingers crossed."
But Bafana boss Parreira is expecting a "tough tournament" regardless of the final outcome of the draw.
There are a number of permutations that South Africa will nonetheless hope to avoid while the hosts will be eager to see relatively weaker teams like New Zealand or North Korea from Pot 2 and Pot 4's Slovenia or Switzerland drawn into their pool.
The chance of there being a Group of Death is high as it is conceivable that four of the world's top 14-ranked teams could be thrown together if France is drawn with Spain, Cameroon and the United States.