Bafana Bafana on Monday spent a good 40 minutes arranged in a circle having a heart-to-heart talk ahead of their training session at Sam Nujoma Stadium, the venue of their Cosafa Cup semifinal match against Swaziland tonight. The unusually long discussion - involving players giving their views on problems that arose in what was a problematic 4-2 penalties quarterfinal win against Lesotho - was an encouraging sign.It showed South Africa are taking the Cosafa Cup seriously."We try to get to understand how they feel about the game, and where they had problems individually and collectively," Bafana assistant coach Owen da Gama said."We need the players to give their side. And from that I believe you get the buy-in from the players."Buy-in is what Bafana - often lethargic at this competition - have got by bringing their shadow Olympic team.With places up for grabs in Rio, the players here are motivated to put in a good showing, and also try to earn a confidence-boosting tournament win.The benefits of playing Lesotho and Swaziland when Brazil, Denmark and Iraq await at the Olympics might be questioned. But at least these are competitive games against motivated opponents, rather than friendly matches.But young Bafana have those in the pipeline, too, starting against Japan away on June 29.This Cosafa team, jointly coached by Shakes Mashaba and Da Gama, has been hit by withdrawals and the suspension of Gift Motupa, sent off after he scored a second-half equaliser against Lesotho.Keagan Dolly and Lebogang Mothiba's absence due to club commitments, as well as Kwanda Mngonyama and Phumlani Ntshangase being sent home for a hamstring injury and gastric ulcers, have left South Africa with a playing squad of 15 for a semifinal against an in-form Swaziland...