{"id":35594,"date":"2023-10-11T17:56:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T17:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?p=35594"},"modified":"2023-10-11T17:00:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T17:00:56","slug":"bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash","title":{"rendered":"Bafana\u2019s Tau ruled out of Sihlangu clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>Al Ahly striker Percy Tau has been withdrawn from the international friendly between the national pride, Sihlangu and South Africa\u2019s Bafana Bafana. The former Mamelodi Sundowns player has been replaced by Kaizer Chiefs striker Mduduzi Mdansane ahead of the two neighbouring nations clash slated for Friday at FNB Stadium, Gauteng, with kickoff at 6 pm.<\/p>\n<p>The Hugo Bross squad is still comprised of well-known Premier Soccer League (PSL) stars which include the likes of Mamelodi Sundowns utility player Themba Zwane and Orlando Pirates wing wizard Monapule Saleng. The two countries will be using the friendly match to prepare for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers set to commence in November.<\/p>\n<p>Sihlangu is currently in full-time camp at the EFA Technical Centre in Lobamba in preparation for the crunch clash against the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) champions.<\/p>\n<p>The next FIFA World Cup will be jointly hosted by the United States of America (USA), Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\">Eswatini<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. Al Ahly striker Percy Tau has been withdrawn from the international friendly between the national pride, Sihlangu and South Africa\u2019s Bafana Bafana. The former Mamelodi Sundowns player has been replaced by Kaizer Chiefs striker Mduduzi Mdansane ahead of the two neighbouring nations clash slated for Friday at FNB Stadium, Gauteng, with kickoff [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":35592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[234,248,249],"class_list":["post-35594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eswatini","tag-eswatini"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bafana\u2019s Tau ruled out of Sihlangu clash - Eswatini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Al Ahly striker Percy Tau has been withdrawn from the international friendly between the national pride, Sihlangu and So ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bafana\u2019s Tau ruled out of Sihlangu clash\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Al Ahly striker Percy Tau has been withdrawn from the international friendly between the national pride, Sihlangu and So ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eswatini\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-11T17:56:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/10\/sm_1697030564.337763.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"654\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Bafana\u2019s Tau ruled out of Sihlangu clash\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-11T17:56:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash\"},\"wordCount\":175,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/10\/sm_1697030564.337763.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Eswatini\",\"Eswatini\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash\",\"name\":\"Bafana\u2019s Tau ruled out of Sihlangu clash - Eswatini\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/10\/sm_1697030564.337763.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-11T17:56:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Al Ahly striker Percy Tau has been withdrawn from the international friendly between the national pride, Sihlangu and So ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/10\/sm_1697030564.337763.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/10\/sm_1697030564.337763.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":654,\"caption\":\"Bafana\u2019s Tau ruled out of Sihlangu clash\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bafana\u2019s Tau ruled out of Sihlangu clash\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/\",\"name\":\"Eswatini\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bafana\u2019s Tau ruled out of Sihlangu clash - Eswatini","description":"Al Ahly striker Percy Tau has been withdrawn from the international friendly between the national pride, Sihlangu and So ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bafana\u2019s Tau ruled out of Sihlangu clash","og_description":"Al Ahly striker Percy Tau has been withdrawn from the international friendly between the national pride, Sihlangu and So ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash","og_site_name":"Eswatini","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-10-11T17:56:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":654,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/10\/sm_1697030564.337763.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Bafana\u2019s Tau ruled out of Sihlangu clash","datePublished":"2023-10-11T17:56:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash"},"wordCount":175,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/10\/sm_1697030564.337763.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Eswatini","Eswatini"],"articleSection":["all news","sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash","name":"Bafana\u2019s Tau ruled out of Sihlangu clash - Eswatini","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/10\/sm_1697030564.337763.jpg","datePublished":"2023-10-11T17:56:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Al Ahly striker Percy Tau has been withdrawn from the international friendly between the national pride, Sihlangu and So ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/10\/sm_1697030564.337763.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/10\/sm_1697030564.337763.jpg","width":1024,"height":654,"caption":"Bafana\u2019s Tau ruled out of Sihlangu clash"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/bafanas-tau-ruled-out-of-sihlangu-clash#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bafana\u2019s Tau ruled out of Sihlangu clash"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/","name":"Eswatini","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}