Mothiba warms up with goal in friendly

Bafana Bafana’s hottest property‚ Strasbourg striker Lebogang Mothiba‚ scored the lone goal as they beat SuperSport United 1-0 in a warm-up match at Megawatt Park in Sunninghill on Wednesday.

Mothiba was on target with a first-half strike against Matsatsantsa in the training match.

The friendly‚ played behind closed doors over two 30minute halves‚ formed part of preparations for Bafana’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Seychelles at FNB Stadium on Saturday.

Mothiba was transferred to Strasbourg from Lille for a reported R135m in late August.

SA were rocked by another injury on Wednesday when Mamelodi Sundowns forward Sibusiso Vilakazi pulled up with an Achilles problem.

Safa announced on Safa.net: “Midfielder Sibusiso Vilakazi is out of the Seychelles games after rupturing his left Achilles tendon, Bafana Bafana doctor Thulani Ngwenya confirmed.

“The technical team was still to discuss whether they would call a replacement or not.

“Coach Stuart Baxter used a different team in the second half as he went about assessing all the players in camp.

“It was during the first half when Vilakazi went down under an innocuous challenge and from his grimacing reaction‚ one could tell he knew his time with the national team during this period was over.”

Already Baxter has had to contend with injuries to Keagan Dolly and Bongani Zungu coming into the camp‚ while Thapelo Morena and Vincent Pule‚ and now Vilakazi‚ have pulled out since the team assembled in Johannesburg on Sunday.