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South Africa/Mozambique: Mbombela to Host Bafana Bafana/Mozambique Encounter

21 August 2012
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South Africa's national soccer team, Bafana Bafana during a training session. (File Photo)

The South African Senior Men's National Team, Bafana Bafana will face Mozambique in an international friendly match at Mbombela Stadium on 11 September 2012.

The clash will take place in the evening at a time still to be determined.

Tickets will go on sale at Computicket, Checkers and Shoprite outlets this week.

The match will be played four days after Bafana Bafana take on five-time World champions Brazil in another international friendly. That encounter will take place on Friday, 7 September 2012 at the Estadio do Morumbi, the home of Sao Paolo FC.

It is also the football venue for the 2016 Brazil Olympic Games, and has a capacity of just over sixty-seven thousand (67,428).

Kickoff is at 16h00 Brazilian time (21h00 South African time).

The match is part of a symbolic hand-over from the previous to present hosts of the FIFA World Cup. South Africa hosted the 2010 tournament, while Brazil will host the next edition in 2014.

The last time the two nations met was on 26 June 2009 in the FIFA Confederations Cup which Brazil won.

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