Broos confirms Bafana Bafana will appeal Zwane's extended FIFA World Cup suspension

The South African midfielder was sent off following a Video Assistant Review after having come on as a second half substitute and was initially supposed to serve a single match on the sidelines.

However, FIFA announced that they have upgraded his suspension to three matches, meaning he would also be unavailable for the last Group A clash against South Korea, which has not gone down well with Bafana mentor Hugo Broos.

"I'm a little bit frustrated that Themba (Zwane) got a three-match suspension," said Broos at the pre-match conference.

"We will appeal it, our situation is clear hey, if we don't win tomorrow, we play the last game against South Korea for nothing and that's something we have to avoid you know.

"First of all, I think the red card is too severe, I saw the situation, I don't think it was a red card, when I see what happened with (Lionel) Messi yesterday, I don’t agree certainly not, there was not even a VAR with Messi, with us there was, and the Mexican player blocked my player."

South Africa will have to avoid defeat in Atlanta on Thursday if they want to have any hope of staying in the competition.

Kick-off is at 18H00.