Umqeqeshi weBafana Bafana, uHugo Broos, useqoke uThemba “Mshishi” Zwane ukuthi abe ngumholi weqembu emidlalweni ezayo yokuhlunga ye-Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), njengoba uRonwen Williams, ukaputeni oqokwe ngokusemthethweni, usazama ukululama ekulimaleni akuthole esikhathini esidlule.
UThemba Zwane uzodlala indima enkulu njengoba izwe lilwela indawo yalo kwi-Afcon, kanti okusha kulesi sikwati sikaBroos kugqame ukufakwa kukanozinti we-Orlando Pirates, uSipho Chaine, obonakale enekhono elivelele. Ukungafakwa kwesilomo sase-Al Ahly, uPercy Tau, kuleli qembu kuzokwenza abantu bacabange kabanzi ngezinhlelo zikaBroos.
IBafana Bafana izobhekana ne-Uganda ngoLwesihlanu ekhaya emdlalweni wokuhlunga, bese idlale neSouth Sudan ngoSepthemba 10.
Ithimba labadlali bakaBroos limi kanje:
- Onozinti: Ricardo Goss, Veli Mothwa, Sipho Chaine
- Izitobha: Nyiko Mobbie, Thapelo Morena, Rushwin Dortley, Nkosinathi Sibisi, Khuliso Mudau, Fawaaz Basadien, Siyabonga Ngezana, Grant Kekana, Aubrey Modiba
- Abadlali basesiswini: Teboho Mokoena, Jayden Adams, Siphephelo Sithole, Thalente Mbatha
- Amafolosi: Themba Zwane (Kaputeni), Oswin Appollis, Patrick Maswanganyi, Elias Mokwana, Lyle Foster, Relebohile Mofokeng, Iqraam Rayners
Umdlalo ne-Uganda uzoba yisivivinyo esibalulekile sokubona ukuthi iBafana ingayiqinisa kanjani imigomo yayo yokuzibekisela indawo kwi-Afcon.