AC Milan's Mattia De Sciglio (L) tackles Ajax Amsterdam's Thulani Serero during their Champions League soccer match at the San Siro stadium in Milan December 11, 2013. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Ajax midfielder Thulani Serero has earned a recall to the South Africa squad for next month's friendly against Brazil despite a much-publicised dispute with coach Gordon Igesund, who accused the player of feigning injury prior to a World Cup qualifier.
Serero denied that he had faked the injury to avoid last September's match against Botswana and then asked not to be considered for the national team while he cemented his place in the Ajax side, something he has since achieved.
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