Head Coach of the South African national team Molefe Ntseki has called up 5 more players to beef up the squad ahead of AFCON qualifiers against Ghana and Sudan this week.
With certain players still having issues to travel to South Africa due to Covid-19 restrictions, coach Ntseki has decided to add 5 more new faces to the squad.
Strikers Lebo Maboe and Thabiso Kutumela have been called up as replacements for injured Kermit Erasmus and Bradley Grobler while Thabo Nodada, Mothobi Mvala and Vincent Pule have been added to the squad.
Bafana Bafana’s team doctor, Dr Thulani Ngwenya said while there were some issues regarding certain overseas-based players,SAFA were busy negotiating with respective teams to make sure that all called up players are available for the upcoming games.
Good news for Bafana Bafana was the early arrival of star striker Tau Percy who plays for Brighton&Hove Albion, Tau arrived in the country on Monday morning joining his teammates for some video analysis Session.
Bafana Bafana will train this afternoon at Discovery Park in Sandton and tomorrow at FNB stadium. They will round off their preparations on Wednesday with another training session at the match venue at 16h00 while the visitors (Ghana) will train at 18h00.
The Black stars and Bafana Bafana both sit at the top of Group C with 9 points.
Gideon Kwame Boateng
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