With 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Ethiopia on the horizon for Bafana Bafana, coach Hugo Broos trimmed down his squad to 23 players, which in turn caused a massive stir online. Check it out!
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What's the story?
After initially naming a 34-man squad for next month's world cup qualifiers against Ethiopia, coach Broos has now named his final group of players for the upcoming matches.
Bafana currently leads the way in group C and face Ethiopia in back-to-back games in October, as Mzansi look to solidify their spot at the top of the table with maximum points.
New Faces
The team Broos initially named, the likes of Terrence Mashego, Vusi Sibiya, Mduduzi Mdantsane, Jesse Donn, Thabani Zuke and Luke Fleurs was penned down as new faces, however, Mdantsane, Sibiya and Fleurs did not make the final cut.
Reactions on social media occurred when fans debated his selections, namely at left-back, with Mamelodi Sundowns star Lyle Lakay being one of the most talked-about players during this time.
Positional Concerns
Fans felt that Lakay is currently among the best full-backs in the land but that he is also continuously overlooked at the national level.
This time around, certain discussions about the left-back and also midfield positions arose with supporters looking to make sense about Broos and his technical team's selections.
Here are some of the reactions:
After some great performance of Rivaldo Coetzee he is still not included, according to coach Mvala who hasn't been playing recently can do the job better than Rivaldo. Or maybe Rivaldo is also old like Zungu, Serero, Zwane, Dolly and Percy Tau
Lol these coaches thou in which league is mvala hlanti and pule performing tht good such tht they deserve a call up????????
This squad is selected by Helman and co let's give the coach a few more months cause how can he exclude lyle lakay and Rivaldo, madness
Most of the young boys i agree with but realy to leave Rivaldo out for mvala lyle out for hlanti , this is Helman and co not broos
Where is Percy Tau, Thapelo Morena and Rivaldo Coetzee??
What's so special about Bvuma vele??
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