The South African Football Association has confirmed that two players have been withdrawn from the national team.
Bafana Bafana will host Mali at the Nelson Mandela Bay Satdium for the Nelson Mandela Challenge on Saturday, October 12, however, two players have been withdrawn from the squad due to injury.
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Bidvest Wits goalkeeper Brandon Petersen and Cape Town City's Thamsanqa Mkhize will not join up with the team, however, Bafana have since called up two replacements.
"Goalkeeper Brandon Petersen and defender Thamsanqa Mkhize have been withdrawn from the Bafana Bafana squad that will face Mali in the 2019 Nelson Mandela Challenge scheduled for Sunday, 13 October 2019.
"Ricardo Goss of Bidvest Wits and Bloemfontein Celtic's Tshepo Rikhotso have been called up to replace the injured duo," SAFA confirmed on their official website.
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