Argentina, last year's World Cup finalists, have snubbed a prestigious friendly match against Bafana Bafana in favour of South American opposition ahead of this year's Copa America tournament in Chile.
Safa president Danny Jordaan confirmed this week that the clash, expected to be played at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban next month, would no longer go ahead.
"I don't think Argentina will come now, maybe later because they are going into the Conmebol Nations Cup, and that is where their focus is," Jordaan said.
"They have indicated that they would prefer to play South American teams in preparation for that competition. So, I don't think they will come, but we have a programme to bring the biggest teams in the world here and we may look at some of the teams in the continent for some other date."
The Copa America kicks off on June 11 until July 4 and Argentina, who were beaten 1-0 in the World Cup final by Germany last year, are in Group B alongside Uruguay, Paraguay and Jamaica. The side captained by Lionel Messi would have been the second world football powerhouse to face Bafana in their own backyard in a short space of time after Brazil's visit to South Africa last March.
The five-time world champions thrashed Bafana, then coached by Gordon Igesund, 5-0 at Soccer City.
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