By Edgardo Avelar
As announced by the leaders of the South Africa team, the Bafana Bafan team arrived at the Felipe Ángeles international airport early this Tuesdayto move immediately to Pachuca, Hidalgowhere they will prepare for the debut in the World against Mexico this June 11.
With a delay of nine days due to visa problemsthe South Africans arrived in Mexican lands to be welcomed with mariachi music singing the standard melody in the lodge of the gopher capital, where it will be its center of operations for the World Cup games.
??? SOUTH AFRICA IS ALREADY IN MEXICO???
9 days before their debut against Mexico, the Bafana Bafana team has already landed on Aztec land??
On Wednesday they will have open training and on Friday they will play against Jamaica behind closed doors.
Pachuca will be its headquarters ????#Southafrica #worldwide? pic.twitter.com/229dMduVTH
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The squad led by Belgian Hugo Broos stopped in Cape Verde and from there they made a journey of almost 22 hours to land without incident at the airport located in the State of Mexico and from there travel by land to the city of Pachuca, where this Wednesday they will hold their first training session with access to fans at the Hidalgo stadium, home of the Tuzos, a Liga MX team.
Bafana Bafana arrived led by Hugo Bross and striker Lyle Fosterwho plays for Burnley in the Premier League, being protected by a strong security device that protected them to the doors of their concentration lodge located next to the Soccer Hall of Fame.
They were welcomed by mariachis and regional songs that gave a touch of Mexican color to this event to the surprise of the Africans, They will be Mexico’s first rival in Group A and will seek to be a respected rival as happened in the 2010 edition.
They will train at the Hidalgo stadium
The selected of the “boys”, as the South Africans are also known, will carry out a training session at the Hidalgo stadium this Wednesday at 4:00 p.m., according to the international director of the Pachuca Group, Humberto Gándara.
The leader said that an attendance of 8 thousand fans is estimated with controlled entry with one ticket per attendee, especially for people from vulnerable parts of the entity who will have the opportunity to closely observe Mexico’s future rivals in the World Cup.
He explained that the entry cannot be greater than this number of fans due to the Africans’ own indications and the logistics of the event. Therefore, half of the sports complex will be open to the public.
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