May and Vilakazi out for Bafana
Sibusiso Vilakazi and May Mahlangu are out of the Bafana Bafana squad for various reasons.
Vilakazi, who has a toe injury, reported for national team
duty on Sunday (9 November) only to be withdrawn from the squad after the
Bafana Bafana team doctor examined him.
Meanwhile, Mahlangu wrote a letter to the coach citing
fatigue “after playing too many matches,” a statement that riled Bafana Bafana
coach Shakes Mashaba.
“This is not acceptable for a player to talk about fatigue
when they have to represent their national team. It’s just that I no longer get
angry these days, because I think I must also afford myself a smile. We will
just follow this matter up and get to the bottom of it, I can only hope people
will understand when these players are not called again in the national team,”
said Mashaba.
“When I took up this position, I spoke a lot about
patriotism which for me is paramount. If tomorrow the player is not considered
and the media asks why, here is the reason.
“One will ask, what about the players who have been
sacrificing their time to be in the team? But then again the country has a lot of
talent to get disappointed about one player.
The only thing I want to see is
when a player comes out clear and says I am not available, and we know what we
have to do.”
Meanwhile, with the exception of Mahlangu and Vilakazi, all
the players are in camp following the arrival of Thulani Serero and Anele
Ngcongca from Holland and Belgium respectively.
Serero is being monitored by the medical team as he has a
muscle strain. The midfielder managed to finish a full session in the morning
at People’s Park.
Bafana Bafana are in the coastal city for the ORANGE Africa
Cup of Nations, Morocco 2015 qualifiers against Sudan and Nigeria.
South Africa plays Sudan at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on
Saturday, 15 November 2014.
Kickoff is at 15h00. Tickets for the match are going for R80
flat.
Mashaba’s boys will then face Nigeria four days later
(Wednesday, 19 November at the Ibo International Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom
State.
-Safa.net
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