Bafana Bafana Edges Past Guinea to Win 2-1
Reading Time: 2 minutesBafana Bafana beat Guinea in today’s first qualifying match in the Africa Cup of Nations 2027. Read more about their win.
The South African Senior Men’s Football team Bafana Bafana defeated the National Elephants of Guinea at the Orlando Amstel Arena. Bafana Bafana defeated The National Elephants of Guinea in their first qualification match of the Africa Cup of Nations 2027 this afternoon at the Orlando Amstel Arena in Johannesburg.
Bafana Bafana dominates first half
Bafana Bafana dominated most of the first half with the closest chance falling for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise forward, Relebohile Mofokeng going wide. Bafana Bafana broke the deadlock in the 30th minute after a corner-kick set piece was utilized by defender Ime Okon putting it past Guinea’s goal-keeper Soumaila Sylla.
The Era of Jingles Has Officially Begun
Today’s match marked a new era in the Bafana Bafana national team as Coach Pitso “Jingles” Mosimane made his return to Bafana Bafana after 12 years to take charge of them. In his post match interview he pleaded with the nation to fill up the stadiums when Bafana Bafana is playing at home.
“I am pleading with the nation to please support us and fill up the stadiums when we play at home,” Mosimane said.
Debutant’s reactions
The new era of for our national team also saw new faces in the starting line up and the national team . . . the player of the match Kamogelo Sebelebele reacted positively to his first start for South Africa having been part of the World Cup team however, featuring in none of the games.
Sebelebele said: “We were outclassed in the second-half but we encouraged each other to keep going even after we conceded a goal, we pushed until we got a second goal.”
What’s next for the national team?
Our team might have got a win today with a margin of 2-1 however what lies ahead is a second qualifier against Eritrea and a friendly match against a tough Egypt side.
