The South Africa Under-20s are in Port Elizabeth to continue preparations for the upcoming African U20 Championship, which will take place in Senegal from 8-22 March.
Amajita have been drawn in Group B of the tournament against Ghana, Mali and Zambia. Group A contains hosts Senegal, Nigeria, Congo and Ivory Coast.
The South Africans started camp on Sunday, 15 February and are holding their training sessions at the Gelvendale Stadium.
They will round off their preparations with a practice match against the U19 side of Chippa United. The match takes place on Saturday, 21 February at the Isaac Wolfson Stadium. Kick-off is at 15h00 and entry is free.
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Senong says it will be difficult to select a final squad of 21 players for the tournament.
"It is always very difficult. If you look at the current Amajita side we have a big pool of players to source from, but it’s about getting the right balance, players that are on form and getting the players that have the mental skills to go and make the country proud in Senegal," Senong says.
"It is also unfortunate that we are controlled by numbers and not everybody will make it but we promise we will get the best squad that will represent us very well at the tournament.
"Of course the core of the team is here, but we are disappointed that we don’t have the likes of defender Denwin Farmer who has been ruled from the tournament due to a knee injury. Also not available is striker Tshepo Liphoko because of an injury on his big toe as well as goalkeeper Jethren Barr who dislocated his left finger.
"In camp we have players that are recovering from injury like Fagrie Lakay [hamstring] and Khumbulani Mkhize [groin] but we are hoping they will be fine. Most of the players that did duty in Russia are still in the team and we have brought back some of those who were with us during the qualifiers and some who were with us at the Cosafa Cup in Lesotho – so we have a fairly good squad, a very competitive side with good potential and we believe we will select a quality side to take to Senegal."