Bafana Bafana head coach Pitso Mosimane has likened attacker Siyanda Ndlovu to Thapelo Maseko saying they are deliberate wingers.
Mosimane’s comments come after he named the 22-year-old Mamelodi Sundowns youngster in the final squad to face Kenya in back-to-back 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers this month.
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This is ‘Skwishi’ s first ever senior national team call-up after an impressive time with the side he joined this season and after he wasn’t in the preliminary list.
Mosimane says Ndlovu is about the business of scoring and assisting and that’s what he likes about him hence he called him to be part of the set-up and learn how things are done in the national team.
“I think if you look at his last four games, I think he came out with the two Man of the matches [awards], scoring, assists,” said Mosimane.
“Deliberate player, a little bit of a duplicate to Thapelo Maseko right. I like those wingers, you know. Some people like wingers who turn around and turn around. I like that. Go inside one v one, go behind and go past, bring the ball in the box, let’s tap it in.
“And those are my kind of wingers, you know why, because it’s business. It’s deliberate. And do you score? Of course you must score also. You can’t tell us about assists and you don’t score, right?”
“So, he’s that kind of player who has intensity, but we still have to check him in the national team because national team is not the same level as club level, right? So, we have to check him also in the national team, how is he, can he fit in?”
“Thapelo is injured. We need to create a big pool of players. We don’t have time. We don’t have. I’m not like Rassie [Erasmus] who can say I’m taking the England tour, I’m taking Australian tour, what, what tour. I don’t have that. I have to follow what FIFA gives me. And at the moment there’s no friendly games until the finals.
“So how am I going to see these players who are doing well? I need to bring them inside the camp, train with them, and see them. When we bring you, doesn’t mean you’re going to play. We acknowledge that you’re doing well. We want to see if you can fit in the setup.”