About this match

Czechia and South Africa have never met at a World Cup, but they share long absences — the Czechs since 2006, the Bafana Bafana since 2010, when they became the first host nation eliminated in the group stage. The former Czechoslovakia's tradition of two World Cup runner-up finishes (1934 and 1962) contrasts with the youth of South African football, which only played its first World Cup in 1998. Both return to the tournament hungry to prove they still belong among the elite.

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