Bafana Bafana Win First COSAFA Cup Group Game!

Bafana Bafana Win First COSAFA Cup Group Game! South Africa defeated Botswana 1-0 at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium last night.

Bafana Bafana began their Cosafa Cup in a great manner. They defeated neighbours Botswana at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, courtesy of a Kagiso Malinga goal.

The Swallows FC forward came off the bench to strike the decisive goal in the 67^th minute. A pivotal goal for the new look Bafana.

The South Africans dominated possession of the game throughout. However, they had failed to penetrate the Botswana defence, thus failing to create any clear cut opportunities.

Bafana Bafana were without head coach for the tournament Helman Mkhalele as he is in temporary isolation, awaiting his covid-19 results. Goalkeeper coach Lucky Shiburi is also in isolation.

New head coach Hugo Broos is yet to take charge of his first Bafana Bafana match. He was tested positive for the coronavirus last month.

Helman Mkhalele took charge of South Africa’s high scoring 3-2 victory over Uganda on the 10^th of June 2021. This time around, assistant coach Morena Ramoreboli was the man in charge for South Africa.

The South Africans now sit in second place, behind Eswatini who defeated Lesotho 3-1.

Eswatini will take on South Africa in the next group A game tomorrow. Bafana Bafana Win First COSAFA Cup Group Game!