THOHOYANDOU – The South African National team, Bafana Bafana will be engaged in a rehearsal match against a Limpopo Invitation squad at the Thohoyandou Stadium next Tuesday, July 16. The match will start at 16:00.

According to the Chief Operations Officer of the South African Football Association (Safa, Mr Albert Mokoena, the match will help the national team coach, Mr Jomo Sono, to prepare the final team that will play against Madagascar in Port Elizabeth on Sunday, July 21.

According to the organisers of the event the players for the invitation team will be selected from the four teams that will be playing in the Premier's Challenge Cup at the same venue tomorrow. Teams that will take part in tomorrow's tournament are Dynamos, Black Leopards, Highlandspark Silver Stars and Ria Stars.

The selected players will be taken to the training camp after selection tomorrow afternoon in a bid to prepare them for the big game. Tuesday's match will not only boost this part of the province economically, but the local players will stand a chance of being selected to the national team.

The national team players that will face the Limpopo Invitation squad and Madagascar in their Cosafa Castle Cup fixture were named on Monday this week. The players who will represent the country are Calvin Marlin (Ajax Cape Town), Andre Arendse (Santos), Thabang Molefe, Hilton Jordaan (both from Jomo Cosmos), Cyril Nzama (Kaizer Chiefs), Matthew Booth (Sundowns), Tony Coyle (Wits University), Steven Pienaar (Ajax Amsterdam), Benndict Vilakazi, Steve Lekoelea (Orlando Pirates), Jabu Pule (Kaizer Chiefs), Brett Evans (Ajax Cape Town), Macbeth Sibaya, Dikgang Mabalane (Jomo Cosmos), Tebogo Mokoena (St Gallen, Switzerland), Clament Mazibuko (Bush Bucks), Patrick Mayo (Supersport United and Jimmy Kauleza (Free State Stars).

The admission fee will be R15 for adults and R5 for juveniles.