Cardoso taken aback by call-up

Cape Town - Free State Stars defender Daniel Cardoso is grateful for the opportunity presented to him by Shakes Mashaba, who included him in the Bafana Bafana squad for the friendlies against Nigeria and Swaziland.

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Cardoso has encountered considerable adversity during the past 18 months, having struggled to recover from a shin injury, which had plagued him before.