Bafana Bafana have been handed some relief in the latest update from the team doctor Tshepo Molobi on Ronwen Williams and Themba Zwane.
The Sundowns trio of Mothobi Mvala, Zwane and Williams missed out on Wednesday’s practice match against Lesotho due to knocks sustained during Bafana’s camp in Stellenbosch.
"The second [problem] is Themba. Themba got a kick two days ago at training. He wanted to train yesterday, but it was better not to, so we stopped training. But again, there will be no problem for next week. But tomorrow Themba will not play," Broos said before the Lesotho match.
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Having already lost strikers Lebo Mothiba and Lyle Foster to availability, Broos has been handed some relief as team doctor Tshepo Molobi confirmed that although caution would be practised, Zwane and Williams should be ready for the opening match against Mali next Tuesday.
More or less a similar approach to Ronwen [Williams] and Themba Zwane," Molobi told SAFA media.
"Remember, we have always maintained that your [Mamelodi] Sundowns players have just had 30 games in a very short space of time,
"So we needed to manage their fatigue and their fitness levels, and as a result, the approach with them was to let us take as much precaution as possible to keep them as fresh as possible going into the tournament.
"So, at the moment, there aren’t any big scares with regard to those two. We are quite confident that we will get them sorted before the start of the first game.
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After Mali, Bafana meet Namibia on 21 January and will wrap up the group stage action against Tunisia on 24 January.
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