Itumeleng Khune has suffered an optical fracture and will miss the two qualifiers against Senegal over the next week as SA’s already slim World Cup hopes took a major blow on Sunday. The country’s top goalkeeper will be out for two to six weeks after a scan on his swollen right eye in Port Elizabeth on Sunday showed he had a fracture on the ridge between his eye socket and nose. He was due to consult a specialist in Johannesburg on Monday for another opinion and could need surgery. But he will not be able to play for Bafana Bafana in their two qualifiers against Senegal in Polokwane on Friday and in Dakar on Tuesday November 14, in a major blow. Khune was taken directly to hospital for an assessment‚ stretchered from the field at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Sunday into an ambulance and immediately for scans. He took a knock above the eye in a collision with Kurt Lentjies towards the end of Kaizer Chiefs’ 1-0 away win over hosts Chippa United. Lentjies smacked into Khune in a h...
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