“The doctor felt he was not in a psychological state to give a good performance in the competition and after the boy himself had asked to be recused‚ we had to oblige looking at the bigger picture.”
South Africa take on Botswana in their quarterfinal at the Princess Magogo Stadium on Sunday‚ but have replaced Mahlambi with Cape Town City winger Gift Links.
“The reality of Phakamani’s situation is that even before he came into camp I had a chat with his father‚ who asked if the boy could be recused‚” Notoane told reporters on Thursday."But the due process within SAFA is that he should come in and have the doctors check what is the psychological state in terms of the personal problems he has got.
“If you look at the issues and the fact that the boy is not in a psychological state to cope and he breaks his leg‚ you look back as a coach and say‚ 'did I make a positive or a negative contribution'.The side played to a draw with Zambia in a training match on Wednesday and Notoane admitted that while there was some rustiness‚ he was pleased with the overall performance of the team.
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