Bafana Bafana’s Cape Town Stadium fixture moved
Cape Town Stadium. Photo courtesy Steve Crane
Cape Town Stadium will no longer host Bafana Bafana and Colombia on May 27, after the South African Football Association (Safa) changed the venues for all three of the national team’s fixtures before the 2010 FIFA World Cup™.
The match will now be played at Soccer City in Johannesburg. According to news website Independent Online, Safa chief executive, Leslie Sedibe, said this was done “in the interests of team preparation”, given that Bafana Bafana play their opening 2010 FIFA World Cup™ match there, against Mexico on June 11.
“ ... I know the people of Cape Town were looking forward to the game and we regret the inconvenience, but it is important for our guys, when they walk out at Soccer City on June 11 [for the World Cup opener against Mexico], that they have already been there,” said Sedibe.
Bafana Bafana have not played a match in Cape Town since 2007.
Cape Town Stadium will host France and Uruguay on June 11, after Bafana Bafana’s opening match.
See a full fixture list for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™.
