EXTRA TIME: How Twitter reacted to Untersee selecting Bafana

How often do you hear that a player from Juventus is going to play for the South African national team?

Untersee is still young so he's loaned out in Serie B at Empoli. It's no shame that he can't break into one of the best defensive outfits in the world, Juventus, a team that reached the Uefa Champions League final last season.

The team dominating the Serie A for years now, take on Tottenham in a crucial Last 16 encounter on Wednesday night. Juve drew 2-2 at home, so they got to get through the hard way.

Otherwise Untersee's a long way from considering himself a Juventus player on the field. Can he do that eventually and is he better than what Bafana Bafana already got in their defensive line-up?

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We will have to wait and see.

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