Mihlali Mayambela has been withdrawn from the Bafana Bafana squad after he picked up an injury while playing for his Cypriot club Aris Limassol at the weekend.
The South African senior men’s national team face Uganda away from home on 15 November and South Sudan at DHL Stadium on 19 November in Cape Town in matches that could see coach Hugo Broos’ charges qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) to be held in Morocco next year.
Broos and team manager Vincent Tseka confirmed to Safa.net that Mayambela – who made the final 23 list named a few days ago – will no longer join his teammates this week.
“Unfortunately, Mayambela will not join us in camp, and he will be replaced by Devin Titus from Stellenbosch FC,” Broos said on Monday.
The Bafana Bafana manager said an SOS has been sent to Titus’ club and he is already on the way to Johannesburg to join the team in camp. The team assembles in Johannesburg on Monday, 11 November and will begin training on the same day ahead of the away qualifier against Uganda on Friday.
They will travel by charter on Thursday morning and return to South Africa on Saturday, 16 November.
Bafana Bafana are in second place in Group K with eight points, just two behind group leaders Uganda (10 points).
Tickets to the game in Cape Town have gone on sale. The South African Football Association (Safa) confirmed a few days ago that tickets to the highly anticipated encounter are available at TicketPro outlets, Spar, SuperSpar, Putco, Postnet, Jam clothing, and at Shell, Sasol and BP garages.
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