Local is lekker for Santana

26 September 2008 - 02:00
By unknown

Ramatsiyi Moholoa

Ramatsiyi Moholoa

In-form striker Bernard Parker and Reneilwe Letsholane have been drafted into the Bafana Bafana team to play Malawi's Flames at Germiston Stadium on Tuesday.

Bafana Bafana coach Joel Santana has opted to go for local players for this friendly game, starting at 7pm.

Some of the regular Bafana Bafana players hea has retained include Teko Modise, Itumeleng Khune, Siboniso Gaxa, Kagisho Dikgacoi and Siphiwe Tshabalala.

Sipho Nkumane, team manager, said tickets for the game, already available at Computicket outlets, cost R20 for grass embankment and R30 for the main stand.

The squad is:

Goalkeepers: Moeneeb Josephs, Shu-Aib Walters and Itumeleng Khune.

Defenders: Nazeer Allie, Brett Evans, Morgan Gould, Robyn Johannes, Bongani Khumalo, Mbulelo Mabizela and Innocent Mdledle.

Midfielders: Kagisho Dikgacoi, Reneilwe Letsholonyane, Thulasizwe Mbuyane, Teko Modise, Gert Schalkwyk and Siphiwe Tshabalalala.

Strikers: Petrus Mahlatsi, Bernard Parker and Eleazar Rodgers.