Steve Barker backs Ox for Bafana Bafana role
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GENERAL: Stellies’ Sibongiseni Mthethwa
Bafana Bafana are missing a big trick by not calling up Stellenbosch FC ace Sibongiseni Mthethwa.
So says Stellenbosch FC coach Steve Barker, who can’t understand why the midfielder is not getting a look-in at international level.
Following their 2-0 Chan qualifying first-leg defeat to Angola on the weekend, Bafana coach Helman moaned that his players are lacking match fitness and sharpness as clubs are only providing him with fringe players.
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But Barker has a solution and says he can’t verstaan how his midfield general Mthethwa, 27, hasn’t caught Mkhalele’s eye.
Of his star, who joined in January from NFD side Black Leopards, Barker says: “I just don’t know how a player like Sibongiseni Mthethwa cannot be close to the Bafana squad.
“I have never seen a player with so much energy, power, strength and commitment.”
While Bafana will face Angola in the must-win second leg at Dobsonville Stadium on Saturday.
Always a lottery.
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Mthethwa will again look to impress when he and his Stellies teammates host Richards Bay.