'He slipped and hurt his knee, we rushed in to check him and we found that he was in excruciating pain.'
Bafana Bafana coach Molefi Ntseki and team doctor Thulani Ngwenya address a press conference at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Rosebank, Johannesburg on Saturday morning.Influential French-based midfielder Bongani Zungu remains a major injury doubt for Bafana Bafana’s crucial 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sudan at Orlando Stadium on Sunday.
“He slipped and hurt his knee, we rushed in to check him and we found that he was in excruciating pain. We asked him to continue but after further assessments he couldn’t continue with the game. “After an assessment that was done by the medical team and the fitness trainer, we realised that ‘Kamo’ had played six matches in three weeks and all those matches he played 90 minutes.
The other player who will have to go through a late fitness test is Cape Town City captain and defender Thamsanqa Mkhize who is struggling with an ankle injury.
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