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South Africa confirm a change for their final World Cup warm-up against Jamaica

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Nick Said

Published 2 weeks ago

Bafana Bafana’s friendly fixture with Jamaica will take place on Saturday and will be behind closed doors, the South African Football Association has confirmed.

[p]The match will kick-off at 15h00 [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mexico/O6iHcNkd/"]Mexico[/a] time (23h00 SA time) and will not be televised.[/p][p]Coach Hugo Broos had originally said the game would be on Friday, but the team’s late arrival by 24 hours at their training base in Mexico may have affected timings. [/p][p]The match is a final warm-up for the side before they play co-hosts Mexico in the opening game of the 2026 World Cup in Mexico City next Thursday (21h00 SA time).[/p][p]Broos has suggested he will play his full team in the fixture, though he is sweating on the hamstring injury for left-back [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/modiba-aubrey/tWExAYOC/"]Aubrey Modiba[/a] and he could sit out.  [/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/jamaica/CWmDb3zj/"]Jamaica[/a] are coming off a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/india-A1UUGpep/jamaica-CWmDb3zj/?mid=zuJJcjQk"]2-0[/a] victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/india/A1UUGpep/"]India[/a] and a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/jamaica-CWmDb3zj/nigeria-EBE2Xb3l/?mid=C4nv5yyP"]3-0[/a] loss to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nigeria/EBE2Xb3l/"]Nigeria[/a] in their two matches in the current international window.[/p][embed guid="216f945a-1ccd-4e0d-a7e2-ec68e154e6ac" url="https://x.com/BafanaBafana/status/2062603590338830552?s=20" social-type="twitter" /]

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