
Among other
players who arrived in camp with niggling concerns were defender Mulomowandau
Mathoho‚ midfielders Andile Jali‚ Tiyani Mabunda and Aubrey Ngoma‚ and forward
Lebogang Manyama.
Bafana coach
Stuart Baxter said the duo were set to be tested in training in the afternoon
session.
The coach
said if striker Rantie and centreback Coetzee did not train in the afternoon‚ a
call would have to be made on whether they would travel with the team to
Nigeria.
“It’s good
news really because all but Tokelo and Rivaldo trained this morning” Baxter
said on Tuesday.
“We’re going
to try and get them activated in the afternoon. If they do that successfully
then all of the players will trained before we depart for Nigeria‚ which means
that we’ll have a full squad to choose from. I think
some of these injuries players have been carrying for a long time.
“And the
players probably thought that they would just keep on playing. The doctor
(Bafana team doctor‚ Thulani Ngwenya) wanted to make sure that they were 100
percent. And it was
really Tokelo and Rivaldo who we were more worried about. But they’ve responded
well to treatment‚ and we will try and test them out this afternoon.
“If they are
not 100 percent then‚ then we have to make a call on that one. Can they be
involved at all‚ or do we call I a couple of players in instead of them? I think
they are going to be OK. Because if they’re close to training this afternoon‚
then maybe in another 24 hours they could be 100 percent.”
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