SIMON Gopane, who plays for Jomo Cosmos, will replace Brian Baloyi in Bafana’s World Cup play-off match against Lesotho after Baloyi failed to pass a fitness test at a practise session in Johannesburg on Wednesday. The Kaizer Chiefs keeper is pulled out of Sunday’s crucial first leg qualifier in Maseru after sustaining injuring at his left shoulder muscles in a PSL match a few weeks ago. Baloyi did further damage to the muscle in Chiefs’ 5-2 win over Mbabane Highlanders at the weekend. John Tlale, a perennial bench-warmer, will get a chance to impress Bafana coach Trott Moloto with Gopane slotting in on the substitute’s list.