Ghana

Ghana - the best performing African team at the World Cup, where they reached the quaterfinals - were adopted by the local fans after Bafana were knocked out, even earning the name Ba-Ghana Ba-Ghana.

At a press conference held in Johannesburg, Mosimane thanked the South African public for their support for the national team during the World Cup and urged them to continue in the same spirit.

The showdown against the Black Stars of Ghana will be Mosimane's first match in charge of the side since his appointment on the 15th of July 2010. He has retained the bulk of the squad that did duty in the 2010 FIFA World, with the exception of defenders Morgan Gould, Bevan Fransman and Innocent Mdledle, midfielder Daine Klate and striker S'thembiso Ngcobo all make a welcomed return to the side.

Erasmus - who is currently on loan at Excelsior Rotterdam from Feyenoord Rotterdam - had a good showing for the South African Under-20 team at the FIFA U20 World Cup last year, but they couldn't find a way past eventual champions Ghana.

He has to Ghana's equally exciting midfielder Dominic Adiyiah of AC Milan and Nigeria's U17 stalwart Sani Emmanuel of Bodens BK to contend with for the young player award.

The Togo squad was on its way to take part in the 27th edition of the 2010 African Cup of Nations tournament hosted by Angola, when gunmen from the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) rebel group fired on the team bus in Cabinda, a territory separate from the rest of Angola as a result team media officer Stanislas Ocloo, assistant coach Amalete Abalo and a driver were killed.