06 Jul 2019
That is all folks, THANK YOU for sticking around and witnessing history tonight as Bafana Bafana knocked out hosts Egypt in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations last 16.
Enjoy the rest of your evening!
06 Jul 2019
- Thembinkosi Lorch has scored his first goal for South Africa during his first game in the Africa Cup of Nations.
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- Mohamed El-Shenawy
is the goalkeeper who has made the most saves (16) in the 2019 Africa Cup of
Nations.
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- South Africa have
won two of their last three Africa Cup of Nations games (L1), as many as in
their previous 18 (D7 L9).
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- South Africa had
not won a knockout stage game in the Africa Cup of Nations since February 2000
and a quarter-final victory over Ghana (1-0).
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- Egypt had not been
eliminated before the quarter-finals of an Africa Cup of Nations since 2004
(group stage).
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 10
Bafana Bafana will now face arch-rivals Nigeria in the quarter-final ...
Kick-off is at 21:00 (SA time)
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FULL-TIME: BAFANA BAFANA 1-0 EGYPT
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93' CHANCE! Veldwijk could have made it 2-0 but his effort is saved ...
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92' Veldwijk now comes on for Lorch ...
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91' Kekana comes on for Furman. Solid performance from the SuperSport captain ...
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90' FOUR! minutes of additional time added on ...
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89' Bafana Bafana on a counter attack again ... Lorch takinig it to the corner ...
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88' Tau is stretchered off injured. That is a deep worry if Bafana Bafana go through ...
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87' The Egyptian crowd even more hostile than before ...
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Lorch finishes off a great counter attack ...
Can Bafana Bafana hold on for the victory?
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80' Tired legs out there! Changes needed for Bafana ...
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78' Yellow! Warda is down in pain and Zungu who is the culprit, goes into the referee's book.
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74' Hlanti and Mkhize doing what they haven't done in their previous games as they both are faring well against Salah and Trezeguet respectively while also doing their bit going forward.
Great balance!
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72' LORCH! Mkhize plays in the PSL Player of the Year and the striker sees his effort go straight to the keeper ...
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69' CHANCE! Captain Hlatshwayo gets close as Hlanti dinks in a searching free-kick but his headed effort goes wide ...
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67' Ashraf receives a yellow card for a nasty challenge on Mokotjo
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63' A return to the Egypt squad after an off field scandal now Warda comes on for El Said.
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57' CHANCE! An exquisite pass from Salah plays in Trezeguet but the forward scuffs his opportunity with Williams saving the soft strike at goal.
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55' Hlanti with great work in getting Salah off the ball as the Egyptian looks to sprint forward but the Wits left-back is not having it.
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51' Salah kept at bay so far in this match no real threat at goal but a real danger when on the counter attack.
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Meanwhile it has been confirmed that Ali replaced Mohsen at half-time ...
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47' CHANCE! Elneny with a ludicrous strike but just over the bar.
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46' No changes from either side. Egypt have to do better with Bafana needing to maintain the same impetus.
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45' Second-half is underway ...
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A great 45 minutes by South Africa who look hungrier going forward. Tau has been immense. Egypt will be disappointed with their effort so far.
Thoughts on the first half ...?
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45' A minute of additional time added on ...
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44' Salah's effort on goal goes wide.
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43' First yellow card of the match with Hlanti putting a dangerous tackle on Mo Salah.
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38' Egypt throwing their bodies on the line here as Bafana continue to threaten their back four. This time Tau plays in Lorch who chases down the ball with the keeper coming out, who then knocks it out back into play before Zungu grabs hold of it and pulls the trigger but a flood of red shirts block the effort.
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36' Water break now with ten minutes left before HALF-TIME!
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35' CHANCE! Mokotjo just sees is his 20 yard low shot go narrowly wide of the target.
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30' Half hour in and the Bafana players are still pressing the Egyptians.
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27' TREZEGUET! Mokotjo with a goalsaving tackle on the Egyptian as he took the ball into the penalty area.
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26' Salah playing a bit deeper as he starts to collect the ball from inside his own half.
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24' And just as South Africa commit too many players forward. Mo Salah breaks and sparks a counter attack! He sprints forward as three red shirts vs two yellow jumpers. The winger plays in Trezeguet who opens up his boot and sees his soft effort go straight to the keeper.
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23' Good spell for South Africa. The lads seems up for it tonight.
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21' TAU! Sensational free-kick from the Bafana winger. 24 yards out and the keeper gloves it over the cross bar. Egypt seems a bit rattled and nervous.
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