Bafana Bafana moving on from Themba Zwane?

Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has touched on the possibility of finding the next Themba Zwane in his squad.

Mshishi has been one of the most important players in Broos’s squad in the past two years. He was part of the team that finished third in last year’s Africa Cup of Nations. Having been out of action for nearly eight months, the Mamelodi Sundowns have had to miss important matches for the national team.

Zwane has since recovered following a lengthy injury he suffered while representing Bafana. During that time, Broos selected a number of players for Mshishi’s role.

“I have to be honest and say until now we have not found a second Themba, that type of player,” he said.

“But maybe we can solve it in another way. That’s something we wanted to see in these two games. We can solve it otherwise. Do we have to look? For the moment, we didn’t find a second Themba.

Zwane should return to Bafana in September

“But who can assure that Themba will be ready in September? he asked. So we have to look for other solutions, and we will see if we can solve the problem by playing in a different way.

“You can always say there and there, you have to be a little bit better. The only thing I can say as an example, against Mozambique is that [Sinoxolo] Kwayiba has a totally different style of play than Themba [Zwane], even if they play the same position,” Broos said.

Zwane has not featured much for Sundowns under Miguel Cardoso, which might affect his place in the Bafana squad going forward. Kwayiba’s form could very well see Mshishi featuring less for the national team in the future.

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