Today, at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, Bafana Bafana need to take on Thailand and score.
Bafana need to put the ball in the net a few times.
Speaking to kickoff, Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune says the energy created by the
fans as the World Cup nears is proving a confidence booster for the team and he hopes the support
that they provide will be influential in ripping apart Thailand at the new Mbombela Stadium in
Nelspruit.
Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has announced his 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. South
Africa will play Mexico at Soccer City in Johannesburg on 11 June.
After the training camps and fitness regimes and international friendlies, the coach has cut the
Bafana Bafana squad to the regulation 23-man squad.
Bafana Bafana Training in Durban
Durban fans have their vuvuzelas ready to cheer Bafana Bafana tonight in the friendly against
Zimbabwe at the Moses Mabhida Stadium.
And I will be there – my first night match at Moses Mabhida and my fist look at the local
Bafana Bafana squad in the steaming Durban summer heat.
Carlos Alberto Parreira
Carlos Alberto Parreira, Bafana Bafana head coach, has announced a 25-man squad that will
travel to Germany for a training camp. The team departs on Monday (12 April) and will return to
South Africa on Friday (30 April).
With spirits running high in the Bafana camp after a very successful training camp in Brazil,
the boys seem to be looking forward to the European trip.
The Bafana Bafana training camp in Germany has kicked off in earnest in the cold European winter
weather. The Bafana Bafana squad is based at the Adidas Headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany and
will be there until the 30th of this month.
Two Newcomers in Bafana Bafana Squad Siyabonga Nomvete and Katlego Mashego
Of the 25 players in the Bafana camp, only two are new Siyabonga Nomvete and Katlego Mashego, but
physical trainer Francisco Gonzalez is not fazed about their level of fitness.
We know that the Bafana Bafana squad is working hard in Germany, and now they have confirmed two
good matches to sharpen their skills in the run-up to the World Cup
The Bafana Bafana team were having problems with the matches because of the flight problems in
Europe due to the volcanic ash cloud.
Tauriq, a classic Cape Town coffee and football connoisseur, shares his reaction to the
announcement of the Bafana Bafana squad this morning. In brief, Josephs and Walters edge out
Fernandez for the goalkeeping positions. Booth is in. McCarthy is out. And no room for "The
Scooter". Take it away, Tauriq.
Will John Leicester shut up already? In his AP column, he says: "The constant drone of
cheap and tuneless plastic horns is killing the atmosphere of the World Cup."
What he fails to get is that the vuvuzela is the atmosphere at the World
Cup!
Clearly Argentina and Germany had no problems with the sound.
New head coach Pitso Mosimane has announced his Bafana Bafana squad to play Ghana's Black Stars
in a friendly on 11 August at Soccer City.
Mosimane has retained captain Aaron Mokoena, who had been expected to be axed. MacBeth Sibaya
also makes the cut despite Mosimane saying recently that some old Bafana players, like Sibaya,
might not make it to the team.
New head coach Pitso Mosimane has announced his Bafana Bafana squad to play Ghana's Black Stars
in a friendly on 11 August at Soccer City.
Mosimane has retained captain Aaron Mokoena, who had been expected to be axed. MacBeth Sibaya
also makes the cut despite Mosimane saying recently that some old Bafana players, like Sibaya,
might not make it to the team.
