Thapelo Maseko ruled out of AFCON!

Bafana Bafana boss Hugo Broos has confirmed that Thapelo Maseko will miss the rest of AFCON with a hamstring injury.

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BAFANA STAR THAPELO MASEKO RULED OUT OF AFCON

Sundowns star Maseko pulled up with a hamstring injury during extra time of their quarter-final win against Cape Verde. He was immediately replaced. The 20-year-old had featured in all of Bafana’s matches at the tournament to date but only started once, on the opening day of the group stage against Mali. He will play no part against Nigeria in the semi-finals on Wednesday, or indeed in any of the rest of the showpiece.

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BROOS ISSUES MASEKO UPDATE

“A little update on the injured player Thapelo Maseko – he has a grade three muscle injury, so the tournament is over for him,” confirmed Broos.

“But he stays with us, so he doesn’t go back to South Africa [immediately], and we won’t replace him. There are too many issues with [getting] a visa, a flight, and if we were to replace him, the player would arrive when? Thursday, or worst case maybe Friday?

“So, we don’t want to do that, and we even have opportunities to solve that problem in the squad, so for that [reason] Thapelo will not be replaced, but the tournament for him is finished.”

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