Amajita bounce back at U-20 Afcon with win against Tanzania
Amajita bounced back from their opening defeat at the Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations with a clinical 1-0 win against Tanzania at Suez Canal Stadium in Ismailia, Egypt on Wednesday.
Coach Raymond Mdaka's U-20s started with a 1-0 loss against hosts Egypt in Cairo on Sunday.
Cape Town City attacker Shakeel April scored the 27th-minute winner that separated the teams.
The result left South Africa in second place in the five-team Group A, with Egypt set to meet Sierra Leone in a later game on Wednesday night.
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