Amajita coach Raymond Mdaka says they have adjusted their style of play when they take on Colombia in the FIFA U20 World Cup last 16 clash on Wednesday evening.

South Africa will go head-to-head against Colombia at the Estadio Fiscal de Talca as both sides look to book their place in the quarter-finals.

Amajita will come into this fixture off the back of a 2-1 victory over the United States, while Colombia drew 1-1 with Nigeria in their final group stage match.

The winner of this encounter will book their place in the quarter-finals, where they will take on the winner in the match between Ukraine and Spain.

“We’ve been watching Colombia since we knew we were playing them – they are a smart team, very disciplined in terms of their system, in terms of their formation, but like any other game there are areas where we think as a team we can be able to explore, areas that we can go into in terms of the spaces that they leave, but they are a good team.

“They don’t concede that much if you look into their record, and much as they leave some spaces where we can explore defensively they look very organised.

“But this is a team that we’ve looked into, a team that we are still going to work on overnight so that we have the best approach when we play them.

“The style of play will be a little different but I think one thing that we fighting for, and we’re getting there, is how we quickly adapt to situations or adapt to playing styles in terms of playing different teams coming from different countries with different kinds of play.

“But we feel we have got that kind of character of players who can be able to adapt and take us to the next level,” he concluded.