Few surprises in Bafana coach Stuart Baxter’s training squad
Bafana go into camp ahead of first Nations Cup match against Ivory Coast
Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter on Tuesday named a provisional 28-man squad for a training camp in Johannesburg ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Egypt. Cape Town City striker Kermit Erasmus and Maritzburg United midfielder Fortune Makaringe were mildly surprising call-ups in an otherwise fairly standard combination for the camp from June 2-12. Crystal Palace’s 20-year-old centreback Nikola Tavares and FC Zurich right-back Joel Untersee have also been named, taking the squad to 30 in number‚ but will only arrive pending their paperwork being confirmed in time for the camp. The “senior” Bafana camp in Johannesburg takes place at the same time as SA compete at the Cosafa Cup in Durban in early June with a shadow SA Under-23 combination led by Olympic team coach David Notoane. Bafana senior player Keagan Dolly was included in the Cosafa squad to get in game time after an injury-plagued season at Montpellier in France’s Ligue 1‚ and also in the Johannesburg camp. Bafana ...
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