By Obakeng Maje

The South African National Under 20 team, Amajita head coach Solly Luvhengo has named an 18-man squad to play against Nigeria in the second leg of the 2013 African Youth Championship (AYC) qualifying match.

 

The match is scheduled to take place at the Ilorin Stadium on Sunday, 7 October 2012.

 

Kick-off is at 14:00, Nigerian time (15:00 SA time).

 

The team reported for camp on Sunday, 30 September 2012 to start preparing for what promises to be a tricky encounter against the current AYC champions who have a crucial away goal advantage.

 

Having played to a 1-1 draw in the first leg in South Africa two weeks ago, Luvhengo insists his charges played well and were just unfortunate not to have come away with a comprehensive win.

 

Luvhengo says he is confident of another good performance and positive result away from home.

 

“We know it is going to be a tough match. We know what to expect and we definitely know what is at stake but the same goes for the Nigerians. They are also under pressure. We are preparing for battle and the players know that very well.

 

“Obviously the advantage is with Nigeria but that does not intimidate us.  Any team that plays at home has three advantages; the field, atmosphere and the crowd; these are the three things we cannot do anything about, what we can do is prepare as much as possible and give it all we have,“ said Luvhengo.

 

Amajita will depart for Nigeria on Thursday 04 October 2011 at 14:00 and are expected to be back in the country on Tuesday 09 October 2012.

 

The selected squad:

 

NO.

 

  PLAYER’S NAME

 

  CLUB

 

  1

 

  Brandon Joshua

 

  Glendine united FC (CPT)

 

  2

 

  Maselaelo Seanego

 

  Watford FC (Benoni)

 

  3

 

  Lebo Ngubeni

 

  University of Pretoria

 

  4

 

  Jerry Mxabo

 

  FC Tigerburn

 

  5

 

  Marcus Lecki

 

  Bidvest Wits FC

 

   6

 

  Mbongeni Gumede

 

  Orlando Pirates FC

 

     7        Chris Matombo                                                                   Pace Setters FC

 

  8

 

  Siyabonga Zulu

 

  Sivutsa FC

 

  9

 

  Travis Graham

 

  Ajax Cape Town FC

 

  10

 

  Menzi Masuku

 

  Africa Sports Academy

 

  11

 

  Gershin Kock

 

  Vasco Da Gama FC

 

  12

 

  Luckyboy Mokoena

 

  Bidvest Wits FC

 

  13

 

  Kaylan More

 

  Jomo Cosmos FC

 

  14

 

  Percy Tau

 

  Mamelodi Sundowns FC

 

  15

 

  Snethemba Ngidi

 

  Supersport united FC

 

  16

 

  Cebo Meyiwa

 

  Supersport United FC

 

  17

 

  Thabani Mthembu

 

  Platinum Stars FC

 

  18

 

  Lorenzo Gordinho

 

  Kaizer Chiefs FC

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