Four changes for Bafana
South Africa have made just four changes on Saturday for the international against Algeria as coach Gordon Igesund showed more of his hand going into the African Nations Cop finals.
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He has changed the left hand side after a disappointing showing by both Tsepo Masilela and Siphiwe Tshabalala in Tuesday’s loss to Norway, bringing in the flying Thabo Matlaba and Bernard Parker.
Matlaba now has a chance to stake a strong claim for a place in the starting line-up after his rampaging performance against Norway.
Dean Furman is brought into the midfield in place of Reneilwe Letsholonyane but Kagisho Dikgacoi keeps the defensive midfielder role in front of the back.
There is start for Thulani Serero, likely to slot in behind Katlego Mphela in attack. Serero is in need of game time after a long spell out of the game with a groin injury.
Igesund keeps Itumeleng Khune in goal, confirming his role as the first choice and keeping consistency at the back with Anele Ngcongca, Siyabonga Sangweni and Bongani Khumalo.
Thuso Phala’s man of the match performance against Norway sees him again on the right wing with another chance to stake a claim for a place against the Cape Verde Islands at Soccer City next Saturday.
Teams:
South Africa: 16-Itumeleng Khune, 5-Anele Ngcongca, 14-Bongani Khumalo, 21-Siyabonga Sangweni, 11-Thabo Matlaba, 18-Thuso Phala, 13-Kagisho Dikgacoi, 15-Dean Furman, , 17-Bernard Parker, 10-Thulani Serero, 9-Katlego Mphela.
Subs: 22-Senzo Meyiwa, 1-Wayne Sandilands, 2-Siboniso Gaxa, 3-Tsepo Masilela, 4-Thabo Nthethe, 6-Lerato Chabangu, 12-Reneilwe Letsholonyane, 19-May Mahlangu, 20-Oupa Manyisa, 8-Siphiwe Tshabalala, 7-Lehlohonolo Majoro, 23-Tokelo Rantie
Algeria: 23-Rais Mbolhi, 2-Mehdi Mostefa, 4-Essaid Belkalem, 6-Djamel Mesbah, 9-Islam Slimani, 10-Sofiane Feghouli, 11-Hameur Bouazza, 12-Carl Medjani, 14-Foued Kadir, 17-Adlene Guedioura, 18-Khaled Lemmouchia
Subs: 3-Liassine Cadamuro, 21-Faouzi Ghoulam, 5-Rafik Halliche, 22-Ali Rial, 7-Ryad Boudebouz, 8-Medhi Lacen, 20-Saad Tedjar, 19-Yacine Bezzaz, 15-Hilal Soudani, 13-Mohamed Amine Aoudia, 16-Cedric Si Mohammed, 1-Azzeddine Doukha
