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Mambas bite Bafana B in Cosafa Cup opener
The Bafana Bafana B team taking part in the Cosafa Cup in Bloemfontein got off to a rocky start, losing 1-0 to an energetic Mozambique at Free State Stadium on Wednesday. Star attacker Antonio Sumbane provided the 73rd-minute winner for the Mambas. Both teams, as is the nature of the Southern African competition, are definitely developmental combinations. Hugo Broos's senior Bafana meet Mozambique's first-stringers in a friendly in Polokwane on Tuesday. The senior coach has no Mamelodi Sundowns players available as the Betway Premiership champions prepare for the Club World Cup that starts in the US on June 14, and Broos has picked many new faces as he widens his talent pool. Vela Khumalo, only announced as coach of the South African Cosafa Cup side late last week, had his hastily-arranged squad arrive on Monday, with just two training sessions to their opener. That seemed to show in the overall performance. ๐ โ๐๐๐ธ๐ฝ๐ธ โ๐โ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๏ธ "๐ธ๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐" Bafana Bafana coach Vela Khumalo reacting to their loss against Mozambique in their opening match. #SABCSportFootball #COSAFACup โ SABC Sport (@SABC_Sport) June 4, 2025 The South Africans owned the first half but could not take the lead. Khumalo's side waned notably in the second 45 minutes. South Africa skinned Mozambique down the right in the opening 45 minutes, where TS Galaxy fullback Puso Dithejane and Stellenbosch FC attacker Sanele Barns combined well and often ran rampant. Yet the Mambas also had opportunities, notably one early on where lively playmaker Sumbane's cross from the left was spilt by goalkeeper Thakasani Mbanjwa to Baptista, who struck at South Africa's keeper after he had regained his footing. Victor Letsoalo was played through on the left and struck onto the crossbar. Sometimes the South Africans seemed to over-elaborate, though it was fun to watch, Dithejane back-heeling to Barns, taking a return pass and driving over from the edge of the area. ๐ โ๐๐๐ธ๐ฝ๐ธ โ๐โ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ โฝ๏ธ โผโโถโ: The Mambas break the deadlock! ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฆ 0โฃโ1โฃ ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐จ๐ณ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ ๐จ LIVE ๐บ SABC Sport | SABC 1 ๐ฑ ๐ #SABCSportFootball #COSAFACup โ SABC Sport (@SABC_Sport) June 4, 2025 Barnes cut a pass back from the right to Dithejane who again struck over, this time from just inside the box. South Africa continued to press back from the change rooms but when Mozambique's flowing front line found their stride their movement troubled the hosts. In the 59th minute right-back Oscar Cherene squared and Sumbane struck first-time onto the crossbar, the rebound ricocheting in off Dithejane. The video assistant referee (VAR) check found an offside and over-ruled the goal. Then Mozambique did take the lead, substitute Valter Daรบce in space on the right to hit at goal, the shot parried one-handed by Mbanjwa into the path of Sumbane to gratefully sweep into an open net. South Africa hoped they had a penalty when referee Andrisoa Zafimahatoha of Madagascar blew for a handball with just over 10 minutes of normal time left. The VAR showed Vuyo Letlapa's shot was onto the arm of Cherene, who could not have removed the limb, and the decision was overruled.
Yalla kora
3 days ago
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- Yalla kora
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๐ฅ โ๐ธ๐ฝโ๐ โ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ค ๐ฅ ๐ฟ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ธ๐บ/๐ธ๐ถ๐ธ๐ป ๐๐๐๐๐๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐! #SABCSportFootball #TotalEnergiesCAFCL โ SABC Sport (@SABC_Sport) June 1, 2025
TimesLIVE
4 days ago
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Cardoso lauds Sundowns players' commitment despite Caf final defeat
Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso has urged his players not to despair after their Caf Champions League final defeat against Pyramids, as he believes they will come back stronger and be better next season. Sundowns lost 3-2 on aggregate to Pyramids after their 2-1 second leg defeat at June 30 Air Defence Stadium in Cairo on Sunday. The Egyptian club claimed their first continental title after goals by Fiston Mayele and Ahmed Saad either side of the half delivered the trophy to them. Iqraam Rayners pulled one back late in the second half, but despite Sundowns throwing everything they had to try to find an equaliser that would have seen them win the final on away goals, it was not to be. 'That we are not happy does not mean I am not proud of everything we did until the moment we arrived in this final,' Cardoso said. โน๏ธ ๐ป๐๐๐๐ธโ๐๐โ๐๐ผ๐ป โน๏ธ ๐ฃ๏ธ "๐๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ" Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso reflecting on their loss in the #TotalEnergiesCAFCL final against Pyramids! #SABCSportFootball โ SABC Sport (@SABC_Sport) June 2, 2025 'Something was missed to be at the level we needed to win. What I feel is in some moments we did not find the way to compete at the level we should have to win the trophy.' Sundowns went into the second leg on the back foot after conceding an away goal at home in the dying seconds to draw 1-1 at Loftus two Saturdays ago. The Brazilians needed to score, but Pyramids showed their intentions by scoring two goals before Downs could get on the score sheet. Cardoso lauded his side's character, though they just could not get that decisive equaliser. 'Throughout the tournament our players were able to show commitment and great attitude. Guiding them to the final makes me proud. 'The feeling when you play the final and don't win is bitter. I have a wonderful group of men in the locker room who are suffering. โช ๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐๐ ผ๐ ธ โช Pyramids were crowned the 2024/2025 #TotalEnergiesCAFCL Champions following their 2โฃโ1โฃ victory over Mamelodi Sundowns in the 2nd leg! #SABCSportFootball โ SABC Sport (@SABC_Sport) June 2, 2025 'We still have a lot to do. What is important is to go back and settle in the objective and that we can repeat the opportunity of playing again a final and be better than we were.' Cardoso defended his decision not to field veteran Themba Zwane โ Downs and Bafana Bafana's best creative attacker of the past 10 years, who returned from injury in the weeks before the final โ in both legs. Many have questioned whether the 35-year-old might have made a difference, given his experience and big match temperament. 'It's not time to speak about individual performances of players. This group has a lot of quality players and Themba is one of them. 'It's not a matter of accepting that we lost but a matter of accepting we didn't play at a level we should have played in the first three parts of the game.' Masandawana now shift their focus to the Fifa Club World Cup which starts in the US on June 14.
TimesLIVE
29-05-2025
- Sport
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โI don't have anything against Chiefs': Broos on absence of Amakhosi players in Bafana squad
You would have expected a few Kaizer Chiefs players to have made Hugo Broos's squad for next month's friendlies against Tanzania and Mozambique, but the Bafana Bafana coach explained he was not impressed with Amakhosi's performance in the 2024-25 season. Chiefs failed to finish in the top eighth for the second successive season, ending in ninth as the Betway Premiership concluded on the weekend. But with Nasreddine Nabi having ended Chiefs' 10-year drought by capturing the Nedbank Cup, Broos was asked if that was not enough give him confidence in some Chiefs players for the friendlies against Tanzania at Peter Mokaba Stadium on June 6 and Mozambique at Loftus Versfeld on June 10. The coach's 23-man squad named on Thursday included a number of fringe players in need of game time and new names as the coach cast his net wider for these games to widen his talent pool. It contained nine players from Orlando Pirates and many players from clubs like AmaZulu, Chippa United, Sekhukhune United and Richards Bay selected for the first time. Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos says he declined a friendly match with Morocco in order to protect his young squad. #SABCSportFootball โ SABC Sport (@SABC_Sport) May 29, 2025 'For the moment I think I can't select the players of Kaizer Chiefs,' Broos said. 'I hope they produce a better season next year. 'OK, they won the cup, but I think that was the only highlight in the season for Chiefs. All the rest was not so good. 'Ja, OK the supporters are happy now because they won the cup, but we have to be honest. And I don't have anything against Chiefs. I have to be honest in my choices. 'Most of the time it was not that good with Chiefs โ otherwise a team like Chiefs [would not be] No 9 in the ranking. They [should be] No 3, No 2 or No 1. 'But it's up to them that they produce good performances next year and they play like I expect from the top team like Chiefs. There will be players [from Chiefs] in [Bafana], you have to be afraid.' Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has confirmed Amajita number-one goalkeeper Fletcher Smyth-Lowe is definitely on his radar and will be drafted into the senior squad after the FIFA U20 World Cup later this year. ๐ #SABCSportFootball โ SABC Sport (@SABC_Sport) May 29, 2025 South African football has enjoyed a strong 2025 with the South African Under-17 and U-20 sides qualifying for their age World Cups. Amajita were crowned as U-20 African champions, beating Morocco in the final two weeks ago. Broos warned for South Africa to maintain its standard young players must not be lost in the system after those successes. 'I think we're on the crossroads for the moment because now we have to react as a football federation,' the Belgian said. 'If we're happy now and just happy, I can assure you in two or three years you won't find anything any more of what we have now. 'You have to work very hard now and have a follow-up โ not like in the past when there was a qualification for Afcon then after Afcon the U-20 and U-17 players disappeared and you didn't see them any more. 'Helman [Mkhalele, Broos' assistant] told me last week he was with the U-19s in 2019 at the World Cup but look how many players from that team you'll find now. They disappeared. 'You have U-19s and U-20s who will normally graduate to U-23, and Bafana after that. But you have to follow them up now.' Pirates' young trio of defender Mbekezeli Mbokazi, 19; midfielder Simphiwe Selepe, 20; and striker Mohau Nkota, 20; Ashley Cupido of Stellenbosch FC, Tshepang Moremi (AmaZulu) and Yanela Mbuthuma of Richards Bay are some of the new faces in Broos's squad No Mamelodi Sundowns players were included as they will start preparations for their appearance at the expanded Fifa Club World Cup in the US in June and July.
TimesLIVE
29-05-2025
- Sport
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Ellis expects tougher test from Zambia in Banyana's second Wafcon warm-up
Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis is expecting Zambia to provide a tougher test for them when they meet in the final match of the Three Nations Series at Lucas Moripe Stadium on Tuesday. Banyana started the series with a hard-fought 3-2 win over Botswana in Atteridgeville, Pretoria, on Wednesday afternoon and Ellis said her team will likely to have to improve to beat the Copper Queens. 'No disrespect to Botswana but Zambia have a lot more quality and they bring different types of dynamics to us,' she said. 'Defensively we have to be better because their front line is good and if you make mistakes at the back, they are going to punish you. From our side, when we get opportunities, we have to put them away. ๐๏ธ โ๐๐ธโโ'๐ โ๐ผ๐ธโ๐๐๐โ ๐๏ธ ๐ฃ๏ธ "๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐" Despite winning, Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis is disappointed on how they played against Botswana. ๐ฟ๐ฆ 3โฃโ2โฃ ๐ง๐ผ #SABCSportFootball โ SABC Sport (@SABC_Sport) May 28, 2025 'It is a game that is going to test us in every aspect because they are physical, they have pace and they are good on the counterattack. We need to do better in all those aspects.' Ellis was happy with the result against Botswana but concerned about the two goals South Africa conceded. 'Especially the first goal, we knew what was coming. I thought we were in a straight line and had cover, but we did not go out to head the ball and allowed it to bounce. 'For the second goal, we played into the traffic and it was not good enough. We have to be better because at Wafcon the level is going to be higher. 'Those are things that we will look at and try to rectify going forward.' โช ๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐๐ ผ๐ ธ โช Banyana Banyana clinched a 3โฃโ2โฃ victory against Botswana in the three-nations challenge on Wednesday! #SABCSportFootball โ SABC Sport (@SABC_Sport) May 29, 2025 Ellis welcomed back veterans Refiloe Jane, Regina Mogolola, Bambanani Mbane and Kaabo Dhlamini, who have limited time to impress before the Wafcon squad is announced in the coming weeks. 'It was good to see Refiloe and other players back after such a long time. She [Jane] ran out of legs in the second half but in the first half she was involved in the game and she controlled things nicely. 'I thought Karabo [Dhlamini] did well. She's played at centreback before and we are tying a few things out in these friendly matches. There was also Bambanani. 'You couldn't say they have been gone for a while. Having them back is a big plus for us.'
