Mandela Challenge: Bafana Bafana shape up for Eagles
Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, July 21st, 2013Super Eagles opponents in the Mandela Challenged billed for August 14, Bafana Bafana, continued their shape up for the tie with an impressive result against Lesotho on Saturday in the COSOFA cup at the Ndola Stadium.
Although the side merely ended up as third place finishers claiming, Bronze in the regional championship, coming from behind after Crocodiles shot into the lead as early as the 21st minute thanks to penalty a converted by Tlali Maile, an indication that the Gordon Igesund led side have not lost their fight back spirit.
The Bafana goalkeeper prevented Maile Tlali from scoring his second penalty when he pushed out the 70th minute spot kick to prevent the game from going into extra-time, as goals from Mandla Masango and Hlompho did the business for South Africa.
South Africa narrowly missed out on a spot in the final when they lost 5-3 to hosts Zambia in the semi-final on Wednesday evening, while Lesotho were defeated 2-1 by the defending champions Zimbabwe.
The opening 15 minutes of the fixture brought about a good amount of ball possession from Bafana Bafana as they pegged back the Crocodiles, who surprisingly approached the game with caution.
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi on Thursday,realesed a 19-man list for the challenge with the duo of Obinna Nsofor and Emmanuel Emenike leading the pack.
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