The National matches will begin on Saturday, 19 January at 12 at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto.
The international friendly soccer match will kick-off between South Africa and Algeria. In this match the have change from 15:30 to 20:30. Due to the prevailing heat wave in the country, the clash of time has moved to a factor which both teams said will not suit players, just a week before the start of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) South Africa.
Bafana Bafana faces the Cape Verde Islands in the African Cup of Nations opener at the National Stadium on January 19.
Squads:
South Africa
Goalkeepers:
Itumeleng Khune, Wayne Sandilands, Senzo Meyiwa
Defenders:
Siboniso Gaxa, Tsepo Masilela, Bongani Khumalo, Siyabonga Sangweni, Anele Ngcongca, Thabo Nthethe, Thabo Matlaba
Midfielders:
Siphiwe Tshabalala, Kagisho Dikgacoi, Reneilwe Letsholonyane, Lerato Chabangu, Oupa Manyisa, Thulani Serero, May Mahlangu, Dean Furman, Thuso Phala
Forwards:
Katlego Mphela, Bernard Parker, Tokelo Rantie, Lehlohonolo Majoro
Algeria
Goalkeepers:
Rais M’bohli, Azzedine Doukha, Cedric Si Mohamed
Defenders:
Rafik Halliche, Djamel Mesbah, Carl Medjani, Essaid Belkalem, Liassine Cadamuro, Faouzi Ghoulam, Ali Rial
Midfielders:
Khaled Lemmouchia, Yacine Bezzaz, Hameur Bouazza, Medhi Lacen, Adlene Guedioura, Foued Kadir, Ryad Boudebouz, Mehdi Mostefa, Sofiane Feghouli, Saad Tedjar
Forwards:
El Arbi Hillel Soudani, Islam Slimani, Mohamed Amine Aoudia
“We have always had a problem with funding. We played host to the Africa Swimming Championships, a top event in the swimming calendar but the funding we got was so minimal we did not achieve our goals,” said Ekumbo.
KSF is one of the perennially broke associations. Parents have to dig into their pockets to prepare their children, purchase training and swimming gear which cost thousands of shillings and also cater for air fare when they go to represent the country.
But now Ekumbo says with the bill in place, associations will be more vibrant.
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