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BIG test for Bafana at Mbombela Stadium

BIG test for Bafana at Mbombela Stadium

Posted: 2010-09-04 10:17

Bafana Bafana’s 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers kick off tonight against Niger at the Mbombela Stadium, and coach Pisto Mosimane hopes to start his road to Equatorial Guinea and Gabon in perfect fashion with a comprehensive home win.

Mosimane named a 25-man squad and drafted in five youngsters in Keegan Ritchie, Happy Jele Andile Jali, Daylon Claasen and Kermit Erasmus to gain experience.

But the big question is whether Mosimane will go with the youth or stick with the senior players.

There is a strong possibility that Mosimane will start with the same squad that played against Ghana at the FNB Stadium and maybe include one or two youngsters among his substitutes.

And despite some anger from some of the supporters, captain-my-captain Aaron Mokoena will lead the team in his 107th game, and will be key at the back for Bafana with his experience.

Niger may be ranked lower than Bafana, but they won’t be an easy team to beat and our midfielders will have to double their work-rate. Steven Pienaar will need to come to the party and showcase his class like at Everton with his speed, trickery and killer passes, while Siphiwe Tshabalala is another player fans will be hoping adds the missing spices in Bafana’s meal tonight.

Bafana will have to create as many goalscoring opportunities as they can and strikers like Katlego Mphela must be brutal and make sure they bury all chances. The ‘Ifs’ and ‘Buts’ mustn’t be used come end of the game as everyone knows the importance of winning at the Mbombela Stadium.

With that in mind, we reckon Mosimane will go with this starting line-up tonight:

Itumeleng Khune – Siboniso Gaxa, Bongani Khumalo, Aaron Mokoena, Tsepo Masilela – Steven Pienaar, Reneilwe Letsholonyane, Thanduyise Khuboni, Siphiwe Tshabalala – Bernard Parker, Katlego Mphela



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tk.: 2010-09-04 10:26

viva bafana bafana viva!i have never been so optimsitic about our boys. go out there and represent us with pride.

Spha : 2010-09-04 10:34

I hate it when Kick Off name their team it so bull....

Shakirah : 2010-09-04 10:42

I hate pitso but 4the sake of our national team and pride of our country,i wish them all the best.go bafana go.REBOLAYA NTSHA TSENA VANDAG,HABASHWE.SHAKI ORATA TEKO LE PIRATES.

Shakirah : 2010-09-04 10:53

Kickoff editors bayahlanya,how can they justify the inclusion of gaxa ahead of ngcongca in their line up?gaxa and mphela bashwele erasmus must be thrown into the sea with big fishs so that he can get experience coz these youngsters will never get experience sitting in the bench.jingles give these boys a chanse.TEKO....THE GENERAL MODISE IS WONDERFUL.

PhatKatt: 2010-09-04 10:58

From the highest mountain and valley low will join together. Up the Bucs, I just love Pirates thats all. nothing more

Shakirah : 2010-09-04 11:01

Bafana bafana 4-0 niger.we stand a very good chance if pitso can field sibaya and jali and erasmus must partner parker upfront.ah keyaojwetsa papa dishwile ntsha tsena.HABASHWE.

Shakirah : 2010-09-04 11:09

Ah phatkatt watseba buccanears till our last day,hour,minute and second.DAMN WE LOVE PIRATES,HABASHWE.

PhatKatt: 2010-09-04 11:18

Where are these "izinyoka" the Thieves fans I hate them, I hate them today, yesterday and I definitely have hatred for them tomorrow. To be true Thieves aka IZINYOKA sucks

mpho : 2010-09-04 11:20

gud selection bt l wsh they putted sibaya on da first line up n field da youngsters last. Mbhazo mst stop hs silly mistake. He hve playd fo 107 fo bafana bt stil he s doing same mistake

PhatKatt: 2010-09-04 11:25

Chiefs fans are what you call a lost generation, they may be in numbers but their IQ is very below average, ask any begger, streetkid, hobo, ntsangwini, nondindwa, hlanyest what theam they support they will tell you Ships, yes Ships they say

Poisonhoney : 2010-09-04 11:27

Shakirah mi dear..ths is bb nt chiefs,pierats,sunclowns..we must suport bb,bt i prefr sibaya n yeye in da md

Thami@gamalakhe : 2010-09-04 11:36

Khune,Ngcongca,Masilela,Gould,Mokoena - Sibaya,Khuboni,Pinaar,Tshabalala, - Mphela,Parker

Shakirah : 2010-09-04 11:38

Poisonhoney ofcourse u prefer the glamour boy of naturena,but lets be realistic jali plays better than yeye even khuboni himself is not at the level of andile.SHAKIRAH LOVE TEKO AND PIRATES.

Aubrey Malungane : 2010-09-04 12:09

I am very confident about this line up but with the exception of Aaron mokoena,however Bafana will win by 3-0,as long as the will start with this line up.

Shakirah : 2010-09-04 12:29

Pitso "Mr media" mosimane,plz change things around don't dwell 2 much on parreira's first eleven,stamp ur authority and be felt jingles as u does in the media,insulting and lambasting king teko in the media,it will keep nagging u pitso usazonya.HADISHWE NTSHA TSENA.

Shakirah : 2010-09-04 13:43

The line up sucks big time,my starting eleven:(1)josephs....(2)ngcongca....(3)masilela....(4)gould......(5)mokoena(C)....(6)sibaya....(7)jali....(8)pienaar....(9)paker....(10)tshabalala....(11)erasmus...................diyashwa dintsha tsena tsa niger.yes i might be biased regarding josephs inclusion but truly speaking he is the number one keeper of mzansi,itumeleng yena is just a favourite.HABASHWE.

Shakirah : 2010-09-04 14:29

Di ilotawa ntsha tsena hadikhutla mona ditlo bua masepa fela.anyway bafana kaofela habashwe.VOETSEK!!! PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN.KING+GENERAL+SENSETIONAL-PIENAAR-SHABA=TEKO....THE FORMULA TO SUCCES,THE STRATEGY HIMSELF.

K-lab: 2010-09-04 14:45

Wena Shakirah uyagula,you r so crazy abt Chiefs nd their fans insamuch hat you can't stay away frm them.

Don't worry boy we'll see each other at Soccer City.

Nx!!! ur sumtymes.

aubrey wa lekhosi : 2010-09-04 14:53

i agree wit u datz a gud startin line up n nid 2 goals in da 1st half,mk da circle bigga bafana bafana

Shakirah : 2010-09-04 15:26

Buntu yes we'll meet at soccercity and u will be the fist to cry coz i would've walloped ur tiny A.s.s.to love chipz is like having an affair with prostitute and u keep bragging about her.how foolish ua bragging abt sum1 who will always be unfaithful to u,mxm i'd rather love city pillars than zim chipz.HADISHWE SATANE TSENA.

Shakirah : 2010-09-04 15:39

Abrey walekhosi ua agree with who?me or kickoff editors?but i think u agree with me coz i can feel that ua too smart,bo aubrey bahlalefile.TEKO IS WONDERFUL BAFETHU J.D.

Shakirah : 2010-09-04 16:21

Pitso's job is on the line,i can put my head on the block tonight bafana will win unconvincingly by 1 goal to zero and the goal will be scored late on the second half by none other than king teko himself,that's when jingles will realize that to bench teko was suicidal coz by then he would've rescued mosimane and the nation will be against pitso why he kept modise on the bench coz definately he will change the game.SHAKIRAH THE PREDICTOR HIMSELF.

Shakirah : 2010-09-04 16:28

Teko is more than a player kasesotho kere ke mopholusi,u can call him the redeemer.that's teko 4u love or hate him he is special,not to me only but to my fellow kickoff bloggers as well,the likes of tivani,king and others.TEKO...THE GOLDEN BOY OF MZANSI.

Vincent chauke : 2010-09-04 16:43

Hit dem hard. Ayo bafana Ayoba

preaker: 2010-09-04 17:05

work hard guys...let us follow th footsteps of Botswana tht country is doin extremely very well....it is brought down African powerhouses like Tunisia and Togo

Shakirah : 2010-09-04 17:50

Bafethu,bosester,ma groot man kaofela,c u after the game.God bless teko and shakirah,goodluck bafana make us proud boyz.kebetseile twede!!!.HABASHWE.

Ntolo : 2010-09-04 17:55

Goodluck 2 Bafana & bear in mind that the world is watching! Please also allow me 2 wish goodluck 2 my home boyz (Sihlangu) against the Black Stars tomorrow. Please don't panic boyz.

Navigation System: 2010-09-04 18:40

MR kickoff is a chimpanzeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

jali: 2010-09-04 19:23

I shall not concern myself with bufoonery that is for the fringe lunatics.Pitso should start up front with Killer& Parker,Steven just behind the two.That is the key to us scoring some goals and winning convincingly!!!!

manqoba mvemve : 2010-09-04 19:27

I hope Bafana will do us proud, they have come up a long way to fault here.

kweziMonti: 2010-09-04 19:56

Thats an interesting lineup you have there Mr Editor. However please find my starting lineup:

Khune - Ngcongca, Khumalo, Mokoena, Masilela - Pienaar, Sibaya, Khuboni, Tshabalala - Parker, Mphela.

The only two diffrences between you Mr Editor and my team is Ngcongca/Sibaya, those two guys have done very well over the past two Bafana games, more especialy Ngcongca he is very composed and makes good forward runs on the overlap, diffensively he is very solid.

As for Sibaya over the past two Bafana games he played his role to perfection but has a tendency of fading in the second half thats where Reneilwe can fit in.

Thats my subjective view, lets wait and see, maybe you know something I dont.

All the best Bafana!!!!!!!!

Linky : 2010-09-04 20:40

Yes,i agree

Tebza( Totalfootball) The Champ: 2010-09-04 20:43

BREAKING news1 BOTSWANA 2 TOGO 1.UNBELIEVABLE FINAL SCORE BY THE ZEBRAS OF BOTSWANA AS THEY GALLANT AND WALLOP THE GIANT OF WEST AFRICAN FOOTBALL IN A GAME WHICH WAS PLAYED IN FRONT OF A FULLY PACKED UB STADIUM.ZEBRAS ARE COMFORTABLY SITTING ON TOP OF GROUP K WITH 10 POINTS WHICH INCLUDE,TOGO,TUNISIA,CHAD AND MALAWI.HISTORY IS RE-WRITTEN AS THE BOTSWANA TEAM IS EMERGING OUT OF THE SHELL AND PROVING TO THE REST OF THE WORLD WHAT THEY ARE MADE OF.GOALS SCORED BY JOEL MOGOROSI AND JEROME RAMATLHAKWANA.NOW THE PRESSURE IS ON BAFANA BAFANA AND PISTO MOSIMANE TO SHOW THIER REGIONAL POWER!
SHAPA DIPITSE SHAPA!

TEBZA

michael: 2010-09-04 20:48

Goodluck Bafana Bafana, here in Botswana it is all jubilations the Zebras has just defeated Togo with 2-1 and Zebras now leads its group with 10 points, without any loss from 4 games with clear 7points ahead of Tunisia which is number 2.The KHAMA magic!Mike.Botswana

Tebza( Totalfootball) The Champ: 2010-09-04 20:50

BREAKING news1 BOTSWANA 2 TOGO 1.UNBELIEVABLE FINAL SCORE BY THE ZEBRAS OF BOTSWANA AS THEY GALLANT AND WALLOP THE GIANT OF WEST AFRICAN FOOTBALL IN A GAME WHICH WAS PLAYED IN FRONT OF A FULLY PACKED UB STADIUM.ZEBRAS ARE COMFORTABLY SITTING ON TOP OF GROUP K WITH 10 POINTS WHICH INCLUDE,TOGO,TUNISIA,CHAD AND MALAWI.HISTORY IS RE-WRITTEN AS THE BOTSWANA TEAM IS EMERGING OUT OF THE SHELL AND PROVING TO THE REST OF THE WORLD WHAT THEY ARE MADE OF.GOALS SCORED BY JOEL MOGOROSI AND JEROME RAMATLHAKWANA.NOW THE PRESSURE IS ON BAFANA BAFANA AND PISTO MOSIMANE TO SHOW THIER REGIONAL POWER!
SHAPA DIPITSE SHAPA!

TEBZA

kweziMonti: 2010-09-05 03:07

Mr editor again,I said maybe you know something I dont the thinking behind that statement was that you attended some Bafana training sessions before you picked your anticipated starting line, thinking that you saw something that we didnt.

Once again i want to stress this Sibaya is contributing positively to the team and he deserves to be starting Bafana games based on his current form and the teams perfomance.

Number 2, Ngcongca is the best right for the country currently based on his performances, he did it again.

I was filled with deep emotion when Sibaya competed and won the ball passed to Ngcongca who crossed the ball to Packer for our second goal, THE ONLY PERSON I WAS THINKING ABOUT WAS YOU MR EDITOR AND THE COMMENTS I WROTE BEFORE THE GAME.

IT FEELS GOOD TO KNOW THAT YOU KNOW SOMETHING, FOOTBALL RUNS IN MY BLOOD.

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