{"id":45849,"date":"2025-12-25T05:19:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T05:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=45849"},"modified":"2025-12-25T05:19:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T05:19:55","slug":"two-changes-bafana-bafanas-expected-starting-11-vs-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/25\/two-changes-bafana-bafanas-expected-starting-11-vs-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"Bafana Bafana&#8217;s expected starting 11 vs Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s Bafana Bafana are on the brink of sealing a place in the <strong>last 16<\/strong> of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon 2025).<\/p>\n<p>Hugo Broos\u2019 side meets up with the Pharaohs of Egypt on <strong>Friday<\/strong>, <strong>26 December<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>The venue will be at the <strong>45 000 capacity<\/strong> <strong>Stade Adrar in Agadir<\/strong>, Morocco,<strong> <\/strong>with a<strong> kick-off at 17:00<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How will Hugo Broos set up?<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bafana-bafana-s-expected-starting-line-up-against-egypt\">BAFANA BAFANA\u2019S EXPECTED STARTING LINE-UP AGAINST EGYPT<\/h2>\n<p>Bagging three points in Monday\u2019s opening <strong>2-1 win over Angola<\/strong> was 100% mission accomplished for any team starting a major tournament. <\/p>\n<p>However, performances matter, and for South Africa, it fell below expectations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hugo Broos to drop Sphephelo Sithole and Mohau Nkota?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Part of the cause was team selection, which affects the best coaches in the world. Afcon debutant <strong>Mohau Nkota<\/strong>, just <strong>21 years old<\/strong>, struggled to make an impact on the wing. <\/p>\n<p>Nkota made way at half-time after a quiet first half.<\/p>\n<p>In central midfield, neither Teboho Mokoena nor Sphephelo Sithole pushed high enough to combine with Sipho Mbule in the all-essential number 10 role. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Tshepang Moremi and Thalente Mbatha as replacements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hugo Broos is set to ring the changes, with the Belgian expected to drop Nkota and Sithole as he reshapes his line-up. In Nkota\u2019s place, Orlando Pirates winger Tshepang Moremi should slot in. <\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old from Sharpeville has been prolific this season with <strong>8 goals in 20 outings <\/strong>for the Buccaneers. He made an instant impact off the bench against Angola. <\/p>\n<p>The former AmaZulu winger found the net within seconds, only for VAR to step in and rule the goal out for offside.<\/p>\n<p>Related read: Where are Bafana Bafana on the current CAF rankings?<\/p>\n<p>For Bafana Bafana to unlock the Egyptian defence, they need to sustain high pressing. Coach Broos should therefore lean on Mbatha\u2019s balance of bite and build-up alongside Mokoena in the heart of midfield. <\/p>\n<p>The Durban-born star is no slouch in front of goal, with <strong>3 goals in 10 games <\/strong>for the national side.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-full-starting-11-to-face-egypt\">FULL STARTING 11 TO FACE EGYPT:<\/h2>\n<p>Goalkeeper: Ronwen William, right-back: Khuliso Mudau, right central defender: Siyabonga Ngezana, left central defender: Mbekezeli Mbokazi, left-back: Aubrey Modiba, central midfielder: Teboho Mokoena, central midfielder: Thalente Mbatha, attacking midfielder: Sipho Mbule, right-winger: Tshepang Moremi, left winger: Oswin Appollis, striker: Lyle Foster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Bafana #Bafanas #expected #starting #Egypt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s Bafana Bafana are on the brink of sealing a place in the last 16 of the Africa Cup&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45851,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45849\/revisions\/45851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}