SA under-23 soccer coach David Notoane has been forced to alter his plans for the Tokyo Olympic Games after a mini tournament that was to be played in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the coming days was cancelled at the 11th hour due to Covid-19 restrictions. The South Africans were scheduled to face Brazil‚ South Korea and Argentina in a series of friendly matches from June 5-11. “Unfortunately at the 11th hour government protocols couldn’t be agreed for us to be in the UAE in terms of Covid‚” said Notoane. “So with the dark side of losing the UAE trip there’s positivity now that the players we would have liked to have in this final assessment camp are available. Japan will be SA’s first opponents on July 22‚ followed by France on July 25 and Mexico on July 28.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 03, 2021 17:37 UTC