Orlando Pirates forward Relebohile Mofokeng has been withdrawn from the senior national team due to injury he sustained on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Mofokeng will miss Friday\u2019s penultimate match against neighbours Zimbabwe and next Tuesday\u2019s final qualifier against Rwanda.<\/p>\n
Mofokeng has been replaced by Mduduzi Shabalala of Kaizer Chiefs.<\/p>\n
Coach Hugo Broos says only two overseas based players, Lyle Foster and Siphephelo Sithole, missed the first day of training.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst of all, some news about the selection. So, we had to replace Rele Mofokeng because of the injury he got on Saturday and replaced him with [Mduduzi] Shabalala. Secondly, there are two players who did not arrive because they played yesterday, that was Foster and Sithole. So, they will arrive tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon we will be complete to do this training,\u201d adds Broos.<\/p>\n
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