International Friendly: Georgia---South Africa

Carson35 · Mar 23, 2002

Friday, March 22, 2002
South Africa bolster friendly squad

JOHANNESBURG, March 22 (Reuters) - South Africa have strengthened their squad for next week's friendly in Georgia, adding 10 established internationals to the group of untried players who lost to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.
Coach Jomo Sono included the 10 from the squad that took part in this year's African Nations Cup, retaining six players who were in the side beaten 1-0 by the Saudis at Pistone, near Florence in Italy.

The match against Georgia in Tbilisi on March 27 is the second for South Africa since Sono took over as coach from Carlos Queiroz earlier this month.

Sono named goalkeeper Hans Vonk as captain after dropping the last three South Africa skippers - English-based Shaun Bartlett and Eric Tinkler, and midfielder Thabo Mngomeni, who led the side against Saudi Arabia.

Swiss-based midfielder Tebeho Mokoena returns to the squad for the first time since November.

Next Wednesday's game is one of five matches South Africa will play before the World Cup finals, where they are in first-round group B along with Paraguay, Slovenia and Spain.

Squad:

Goalkeepers: Andre Arendse (Santos), Hans Vonk (SC Heerenveen, Netherlands) Defenders: Matthew Booth (Mamelodi Sundowns), Bradley Carnell (VfB Stuttgart), Hilton Jordaan (Jomo Cosmos), Jacob Lekgetho (Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia), Aaron Mokoena (Germinal Beerschot, Belgium), Thabang Molefe (Jomo Cosmos)

Midfielders: Delron Buckley (VfL Bochum, Germany), Quinton Fortune (Manchester United, England), Bennett Mnguni (Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia), Lovers Mohlala (Mamelodi Sundowns), Tebeho Mokoena (St Gallen, Switzerland), Siyabonga Nomvete (Udinese, Italy), MacBeth Sibaya (Jomo Cosmos), Sibusiso Zuma (FC Copenhagen, Denmark)

Strikers: Jimmy Kauleza (Free State Stars), Lesley Manyathela (Orlando Pirates), Clement Mazibuko (Umtata Bush Bucks)

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Adriano · Mar 27, 2002

Georgia is leading 2-0 after 65 minutes

Adriano · Mar 27, 2002

Georgia 2 - Levan Kobiashvili 12 pen, Georgi Demetradze 38
South-Africa 0
Red cards: Lesley Manyatela 22 (South-Africa

Still time for South Africa with 10 men

gOD · Mar 27, 2002

I think SA will have a diffcult WC ahead

Sabry · Mar 27, 2002

SA and Tunisia.....

Every single time it happens. This system doesnt prove that the best qualifies. Someone remind me again what was SA's WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION group ? Zimbabwe.. Burkina Faso... Malawi.. (and at some point Guinea) .. Thank you.

gOD · Mar 27, 2002

you're right sabry that system has proven to be useless. Is that the system that will be changed (qualifications through ACN?)?

Sabry · Mar 27, 2002

it will be changed to an even worse system.. where anyone can luckily make it to the WC by 2 good performances.

i cant complain about it, Egypt has been 5th, 5th, and 1st in the last 3 ACNs so we have a good record, but the system is still crap.

i want the old qualification system, but i want those idiots at CAF to get the seedings correct for once..

explain to me how u can have a group that includes: Morocco, Senegal, Egypt and Algeria all together (Morocco, Egypt, Algeria made the world cup before and all of them have excellent ACN records).. and another group that has Malawi, Guinea, Zimbabwe and Burkina Faso.

Where is the common sense here ?

gOD · Mar 27, 2002

The European system of seeding is much better than. What are these seedings based on?

maher · Mar 29, 2002

the next ACN qualifyings there will be a new system,Egypt will play with Madgascar,Guinee Bissau and Mauritius and the 1st team only will qualify......

Sabry · Mar 29, 2002

gOD said:
The European system of seeding is much better than. What are these seedings based on?

If you mean the old seedings, I have no clue.

I tried to figure it out, but never understood why. If it were "World Cup history", then it wouldnt make sense since Egypt, Algeria and Morocco were in the WC before.. If it were ACN then it still couldnt be that (though Egypt is the only team with a good ACN history out of the 5 in Group C, but still Morocco is better than Guinea oe MAdagascar in the ACN)..

Maybe it is "RECENT world cup history", i.e. last 2 world cups ?

That wouldnt make sense either, cuz equating Egypt and Algeria to Madagascar and Zimbabwe is hilarious.

CAF is crap and so will Fifa be if Hayatou wins..

maher · Apr 1, 2002

Sabry said:
Maybe it is "RECENT world cup history", i.e. last 2 world cups ? That wouldnt make sense either, cuz equating Egypt and Algeria to Madagascar and Zimbabwe is hilarious.

CAF is crap and so will Fifa be if Hayatou wins..

Yes it is Sabry.....

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