{"id":341623,"date":"2011-03-27T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T07:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/27\/tottenham-midfielder-steven-pienaar-ends-groin-injury-fears-after-south-africa-appearance\/"},"modified":"2011-03-27T07:55:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-27T07:55:00","slug":"tottenham-midfielder-steven-pienaar-ends-groin-injury-fears-after-south-africa-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/27\/tottenham-midfielder-steven-pienaar-ends-groin-injury-fears-after-south-africa-appearance\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham midfielder Steven Pienaar ends groin injury fears after South Africa appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Chris Davie<\/h3>\n<h4>27 Mar 2011 08:55:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"49.524487978629\">\n<div readability=\"16.019417475728\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL : Daniel Sturridge - Steven Pienaar, Tottenham  v Bolton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/41722573125837_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>EPL : Daniel Sturridge &#8211; Steven Pienaar, Tottenham  v Bolton<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"12.576419213974\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/south-africa\/4147\/steven-pienaar\">Steven Pienaar<\/a> has been passed fit by South Africa\u2019s team doctor, ending fears over the Tottenham midfielder\u2019s need for a groin operation.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the 29-year-old conceded that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/22\/2406069\/tottenham-midfielder-steven-pienaar-fears-he-may-need-surgery-on-\">constant training was aggravating a month-old injury and hadn\u2019t ruled out the possibility of requiring surgery to remedy the problem<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But Pienaar completed 82 minutes as skipper for his national side in their 1-0 victory over Egypt on Saturday and the midfielder is set to be involved in Tottenham&#8217;s Champions League quarter-final tie against Real Madrid, as well as their pursuit of fourth place in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pienaar trained with his team-mates on Wednesday and Thursday,\u201d confirmed South Africa\u2019s team doctor Ephraim Nematswerani.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can safely say the team has a clean bill of health.&#8221;<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/41722573125837_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/27\/2413291\/tottenham-midfielder-steven-pienaar-ends-groin-injury-fears\" title=\"Tottenham midfielder Steven Pienaar ends groin injury fears after South Africa appearance\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tottenham midfielder Steven Pienaar ends groin injury fears after South Africa appearance<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Chris Davie 27 Mar 2011 08:55:00 EPL : Daniel Sturridge &#8211; Steven Pienaar, Tottenham v Bolton Related Links Teams Players Steven Pienaar has been passed fit by South Africa\u2019s team doctor, ending fears over the Tottenham midfielder\u2019s need for a groin operation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-341623","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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