Broos must use these friendlies to decide Bafana Bafana’s No 2

WHILE it may go a long way to calming nerves for Bafana Bafana debutants, coach Hugo Broos’ statement about giving all the players some minutes in the upcoming friendlies against Tanzania and Mozambique, must not apply to goalkeepers.

- MALIBONGWE MDLETSHE

Bafana will play Tanzania at the Peter Mokaba Stadium on Friday at 7.30pm and follow up with neighbours Mozambique at Loftus Versfeld on Tuesday night.

These matches should not be confused with those of the A-side, also formerly known as Ama-Binnneplaas, which is competing in the Cosafa Cup against Mozambique on Wednesday afternoon, Zimbabwe on Saturday and Mauritius on Tuesday.

Back to Broos’ squad, which is cautiously missing Mamelodi Sundowns players as they are preparing for the 2025 Fifa Club World to be played in the US from the 17th, there are three goalkeepers competing to start in the two friendlies - Orlando Pirates’ Sipho Chaine, Sekhukhune United’s Renaldo Leaner and SuperSport United's Ricardo Goss.

With Ronwen Williams on Club World Cup duty, the door is open for these goalkeepers to elevate themselves to the national team's trusted number two shot stopper.