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The South African National Under 20 side, Amajita, is in camp to round off preparations for the 2009 COSAFA Under 20 Youth Championship. The tournament is scheduled for Johannesburg from 04-15 December.

In preparation for the tournament, Amajita have travelled to Swaziland for an international friendly match on Sunday (27 November). The match takes place at the Mbabane National Stadium. Kick off is at 14h00.

In the second phase of the preparation Amajita will then move to neighbouring Lesotho for their final friendly match before the start of the COSAFA tournament. Amajita face Lesotho on Thursday (03 December) at the Bambatha Complex. Kick off is also at 14h00.

The squad returns to South Africa on the same day to continue with their final preparations at home.

Head Coach Maqsood Chenia says the team is ready for battle even though they are missing three players from the initial squad. The team is in Swaziland without Collen Zulu of Mpumalanga Witbank Aces, Thulani Ncepe of Supersport United and Tawfeeq Salie of Ajax Cape Town.

Zulu has been recalled from the national team to replace an injured player in his club, Ncepe has not been released by Supersport United, while Salie stayed behind due to injury.

Chenia says there are players that will be called up to complete the selected squad before the start of the COSAFA U-20 Youth Championship.

Here is a list of players to face Swaziland and Lesotho: